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Planning (Scotland) Act 2019

Section 63: Commencement

283.Section 63 of the Act provides in subsection (1) that this section and sections 58, 59, 60, 61 and 64 come into force on the day after Royal Assent. The remainder of the Act, once enacted, comes into force on the day or days appointed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations made under subsection (2). Subsection (3) allows different days to be appointed for different purposes, and for the commencement regulations to contain transitional, transitory or saving provision.

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