(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring sections 25 and 42 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 20 December 2019 but subject to saving and transitional provisions contained in regulations 4 to 10. They also bring section 23 of the Act into force on 1 March 2020 subject to a saving provision contained in regulation 11.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 25 July 2019. Sections 58 to 61, 63 and 64 came into force on the following day.