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.