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(1).
Section 26B(5) is inserted into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.8) (“the 1997 Act”) by section 17(2) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13) (“the Act”).