2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 7(2) (pre-application consultation) at the beginning insert “Subject to regulation 7A,”.
(3) After regulation 7 (pre-application consultation) insert—
7A.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission submitted—
(a)either—
(i)during the emergency period, or
(ii)within the period of 6 months immediately following the expiry of the emergency period, and
(b)in respect of which a proposal of application notice is given to the planning authority before, or during, the emergency period.
(2) Where this regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission, regulation 7 applies in relation to that application—
(a)as if paragraphs (2)(a) and (b)(iii) and (3) were omitted, and
(b)during the emergency period, as if in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) for “where” there were substituted “how (including by what electronic means)”.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, the “emergency period” is the period beginning on 24 April 2020 and ending on the date on which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020(2) expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act.”.
S.S.I. 2013/155 to which there are amendments which are not relevant to this instrument.