Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969

Interpretation

1 In relation to matters specified in the first column of the Table below (being matters which under section 64 of this Act may be referred to a Joint Planning Inquiry Commission), " the responsible Ministers", for the purposes of this Schedule, are those specified opposite in the second column of the Table, acting jointly.

TABLE

Referred matter	Responsible Ministers
(1) Application for planning permission or appeal—
(a) relating to operational land of statutory undertakers, or to land in the case of which there are present the circumstances mentioned in section 71(2) of this Act, or the corresponding provision of the Act of 1968,	The Secretary of State, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the appropriate Minister (if different).
(b) relating to other land.	The Secretary of State and the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
(2) Proposal that a government department should give a direction under section 32 of the Act of 1947 or section 41 of the Act of 1962, or that development should be carried out by or on behalf of a government department.	The Secretary of State, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Minister (if different) in charge of the government department concerned.

2 In this Schedule—

(a) " the Act of 1962" and " the Act of 1968 " mean respectively the [1962 c. 38.] Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and the [1968 c. 72.] Town and Country Planning Act 1968 ;

(b) " commission " means a Joint Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under section 64 of this Act; and

(c) " referred matter " means a matter referred to a commission under that section.

3 Where this Schedule refers to the appropriate Minister, the local authority or the local planning authority, the reference shall be construed, according to its context, as if it were contained in the Act of 1947 or in the Act of 1962.