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(1)A member of a planning authority who has not fulfilled the specified training requirements is prohibited from—
(a)exercising any of the authority’s specified functions on their behalf, or
(b)being involved in exercising any of those functions on the authority’s behalf as a member of a committee or any other body.
(2)In this section—
(a)“specified” means specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations under this section,
(b)“planning authority” means—
(i)local authority, and
(ii)National Park authority,
(c)the reference to a member of a planning authority includes a member of a committee of a National Park authority appointed under paragraph 16(1) of schedule 1 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000.
(3)Regulations under this section specifying functions of a planning authority may only specify functions conferred by the planning Acts as defined by section 277 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) 1997 Act.
(4)Regulations under this section may in particular—
(a)specify that completing a training course is a training requirement,
(b)specify training requirements on the basis that the content and provider of the training must be accredited by the Scottish Ministers.
(5)The Scottish Ministers may disapply subsection (1) in relation to a planning authority (or all authorities) by regulations under this section.”.
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