The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984

2.—(1) Subject to regulation 3, the 1984 Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) After regulation 26 (execution and cost of operations required by enforcement notice) insert—

“Stop notices

26A.— (1) The provisions of sections 136, 140(1), (3) and (7) to (9), 141, 142, 143(1) to (5) and 144 of the Act apply in respect to an enforcement notice served under regulation 24 as they apply in respect to an enforcement notice issued under section 127 of the Act subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The modifications are—

(a) the references in sections 140, 141 and 143 to “relevant activity” are to be treated as references to the display of an advertisement specified in the enforcement notice served under regulation 24;

(b) the references in sections 136, 140 and 141 to the compliance period are to be treated as references to the period specified in the enforcement notice served under regulation 24 for compliance with it or such extended period as the planning authority may allow for compliance with it;

(c) the reference in section 141(4) to section 127 is to be treated as a reference to regulation 24; and

(d) the reference in section 143(5)(a) to an activity which constitutes or contributes to a breach of planning control is to be treated as a reference to any display of an advertisement in contravention of these Regulations.”.