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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

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Section 90.

SCHEDULE 12S Provisions as to Established use Certificates

Application for certificate and appeal against refusal thereofS

1An application for an established use certificate shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by a development order, and shall include such particulars, and be verified by such evidence, as may be required by such an order or by any directions given thereunder, or by the. . . F1 planning authority or, in the case of an application referred to the Secretary of State, by him.

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2Provision may be made by a development order for regulating the manner in which applications for established use certificates are to be dealt with by. . . F2 planning authorities, and, in particular—

(a)for requiring the authority to give any applicant for such a certificate, within such time as may be prescribed by the order, such notice as may be so prescribed as to the manner in which his application has been dealt with;

(b)for requiring the authority to give to the Secretary of State and to such other persons as may be prescribed by or under the order, such information as may be so prescribed with respect to applications for such certificates made to the authority, including information as to the manner in which any such application has been dealt with.

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3(1)A development order may provide that an application for an established use certificate, or an appeal against the refusal of such an application, shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in such form as may be prescribed by the order and corresponding to one or other of those described in section 24(1)(a) to (d) of this Act; and any such order may—

(a)include requirements corresponding to section 24(2), (3) and (4), and section 26(3) of this Act; and

(b)make provision as to who, in the case of any land, is to be treated as the owner for the purposes of any provision of the order made by virtue of this sub-paragraph.

(2)If any person issues a certificate which purports to comply with any provision of a development order made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above and which contains a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale].

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Provisions with respect to grant of certificateS

4An established use certificate shall be in such form as may be prescribed by a development order and shall specify—

(a)the land to which the certificate relates and any use thereof which is certified by the certificate as established;

(b)by reference to the paragraphs of section 90(1) of this Act, the grounds on which that use is so certified; and

(c)the date on which the application for the certificate was made, which shall be the date at which the use is certified as established.

5Where the Secretary of State or a person appointed by him under Schedule 7 to this Act to determine an appeal grants an established use certificate, the Secretary of State or that person shall give notice to the. . . F4 planning authority of that fact.

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6In section 31 of this Act references to applications for planning permission shall include references to applications for established use certificates; and the information which may be prescribed as being required to be contained in a register kept under that section shall include information with respect to established use certificates granted by the Secretary of State or by a person appointed by him under Schedule 7 to this Act to determine an appeal.

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