The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 13 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024

Appointed day – 1 April 2024

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (6), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2), in so far as not already in force, is 1 April 2024.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) section 12 (amendment of National Planning Framework and local development plans),

(b) section 15 (masterplan consent area schemes),

(c) section 16 (bar to creation of new simplified planning zones),

(d) section 50 (chief planning officers),

(e) section 62 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals),

(f) paragraph 9 (regulations) of schedule 2 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals).

(3) Section 12 of the Act is commenced only for the purposes of making regulations under section 3CC(3) and (4) and section 20AA(5) of the 1997 Act (as inserted by section 12 of the Act).

(4) Section 15 of the Act is commenced only for the purposes of making regulations under schedule 5A of the 1997 Act (as inserted by section 15(3) of the Act) and bringing fully into force paragraph 5 of schedule 5A of the 1997 Act (as inserted by section 15(3) of the Act).

(5) Section 62 of the Act is commenced only for the purposes of the commencement of paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of the Act.

(6) Paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of the Act is commenced only for the purposes of making regulations under—

(a) section 3CC(3) of the 1997 Act (as inserted by section 12 of the Act),

(b) paragraph 3 of schedule 5A of the 1997 Act (as inserted by section 15(3) of the Act).