Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, established by section 21 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of—
(a)the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8);
(b)the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 9);
(c)the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46);
(d)the Buildings (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24);
(e)the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40);
(f)the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1840);
(g)the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23);
(h)the Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35); and
(i)the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29).
It also makes provision consequential upon and supplementary to the foregoing provision.