National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000

10 Planning functionsS

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(1)A designation order may make provision for a National Park authority—

(a)to be the planning authority for the National Park for the purposes of the planning Acts,

(b)to be treated as the planning authority for the National Park, but only for such purposes of Part II (development plans) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.8) as are specified in the order, or

(c)to have, in relation to the National Park, such functions in relation to planning as the order may specify.

(2)In this section, “the planning Acts” has the same meaning as in that Act of 1997.