2012 No. 260

Town And Country Planning

The Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26AA(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19971 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 10th November 2012.

Prescribed date2

The date prescribed for the purposes of section 26AA(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is 31st March 2014.

Revocation3

The Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Regulations 20072 and the Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 20103 are revoked.

DEREK MACKAYAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify 31st March 2014 as the date prescribed for the purposes of section 26AA(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the Act”). This date replaces the date specified in the Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010. Those Regulations are revoked by regulation 3. The prescribed date is changed from 31st March 2013 to 31st March 2014.