http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/181/regulation/39The Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING2026-05-06Expert Participation2026-04-01 These Regulations consolidate the Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 and subsequent amendments to those Regulations and make further amendments. They also implement the land-use planning aspects of Directive 2012/18/EU on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (“Seveso III”). PART 5 391This Part (other than regulations 24 (notice of appeal), 25 (intimation to planning authority and planning authority's response), 26 (notification to interested parties) and 27 (publication of appeal documents)) and the Hearing Session Rules apply to an application referred to the Scottish Ministers following a direction under section 18(1) of the principal Act (reference of applications to Scottish Ministers) with the modifications specified in paragraph (2).2The modifications are—areferences to the appeal and the appellant are to be treated, respectively, as references to the application and the applicant;breferences to the appointed person—iin this Part (other than in regulation 37 (appointment of assessor)) and rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules are to be treated as references to the Scottish Ministers; andiiin regulation 37 and the Hearing Session Rules (other than in rule 1(1)) are to be treated as references to the person appointed to hold the hearing session;cin—iregulation 28(2) (determination without further procedure) and 30(4) (decisions as to further procedure), “considers” is to be read as “consider”;iiregulation 30(1)(a), “does” is to be read as “do”;iiiregulation 30(1)(c), “determines” is to be read as “determine”;ivregulation 29(1) (opt-in notice to interested parties), regulation 31(2) and (4) (pre-examination meetings), 32(1) (written submissions procedure) and 33(2), (3) and (4) (where it first appears) (site inspections), “is” is to be read as “are”;vregulation 32(1), “has” is to be read as “have”;viregulation 32(1)(c), “wishes” is to be read as “wish”;viiregulation 33(2) and (3), “intends” is to be read as “intend”;viiiregulation 34(1) (new evidence), “proposes” is to be read as “proposed”; andixregulation 36(2) (compliance with notification and consultation procedures) “notifies or consults” is to be read as “notify or consult”; anddwhere the direction requiring the application to be referred to the Scottish Ministers is given under section 18(1) of the principal Act, regulation 36 (compliance with notification and consultation procedures) applies as in the case of an appeal under section 19 of the principal Act.