1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 18 May 2020.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, and
“the 1997 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(1).
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), 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 18 May 2020.
(2) The provisions are—
(a)section 17 (meaning of “development”: use of dwellinghouse for short-term holiday lets),
(b)section 26 (conditional grant of planning permission: provision of toilet facilities within certain large developments), and
(c)section 62 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 (regulations).
(3) Sections 17, 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 to the Act come into force on 18 May 2020 only for the purpose of making regulations under section 26B(5) of the 1997 Act(2).
3. The provisions of section 41B (conditional grant of planning permission: provision of toilet facilities within certain large developments) of the 1997 Act(3) do not apply in respect of an application for planning permission made before 18 May 2020.
KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd March 2020