Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 260

Town And Country Planning

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

Made

20th September 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

24th September 2012

Coming into force

10th November 2012

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 1997(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  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 date

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

Revocation

3.  The Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(2) and the Town and Country Planning (Prescribed Date) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010(3) are revoked.

DEREK MACKAY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th September 2012

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.

(1)

1997 c.8. Section 26AA was inserted by section 4(1) of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17). “Prescribed” is defined by section 277(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

(2)

S.S.I. 2007/123 as amended by S.S.I. 2010/61.