PART 4Other matters
Training for taking planning decisions
45Power to impose training requirements: planning authorities
1
A member of a planning authority who has not fulfilled the specified training requirements is prohibited from—
a
exercising any of the authority's specified functions on their behalf, or
b
being involved in exercising any of those functions on the authority's behalf as a member of a committee or any other body.
2
In this section—
a
“specified” means specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations under this section,
b
“planning authority” means—
i
local authority, and
ii
National Park authority,
c
the reference to a member of a planning authority includes a member of a committee of a National Park authority appointed under paragraph 16(1) of schedule 1 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000.
3
Regulations under this section specifying functions of a planning authority may only specify functions conferred by the planning Acts as defined by section 277 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) 1997 Act.
4
Regulations under this section may in particular—
a
specify that completing a training course is a training requirement,
b
specify training requirements on the basis that the content and provider of the training must be accredited by the Scottish Ministers.
5
The Scottish Ministers may disapply subsection (1) in relation to a planning authority (or all authorities) by regulations under this section.”.