Scottish Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 49
Acquisition Of Land
The Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 2010
Made
10th February 2010
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
12th February 2010
Coming into force
1st April 2010
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 100(3)(a) and 275(8) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 2010 and comes into force on 1st April 2010.
Limit of Annual Value
2. The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 100(3)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is £30,000.
Revocation
3. The Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 2005(2) is revoked.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
10th February 2010
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes £30,000 as the limit of annual value for the purposes of section 100(3)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (which relates to the circumstances in which authorities may be obliged to purchase interests of owner-occupiers affected by planning proposals) and replaces the limit of £28,000 prescribed by the Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 2005 (which is revoked).
1997 c.8. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).