2015 No. 196 (C. 31)
Ancient Monuments

The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 31(2) of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 20141.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st October 2015.

Appointed day2.

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions, to the extent not already in force, of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is 1st October 2015.

FIONA HYSLOP
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Column 1

Provisions of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014

Column 2

Subject matter

Section 1 and schedule 1

Establishment of Historic Environment Scotland

Section 2

Functions of Historic Environment Scotland

Section 3

Delegation of functions in relation to properties in care

Section 4

Properties in care

Section 5

Power of entry to investigate the historic environment

Section 6

Acquisition, deposit and disposal of objects

Section 7

Borrowing and lending of objects

Section 8

Delegation of functions in relation to collections

Section 10

Grants to Historic Environment Scotland by the Scottish Ministers

Section 11

Grants and loans by Historic Environment Scotland

Section 15 and schedule 2

Historic Environment Scotland’s functions in relation to scheduled monuments

Section 16 and schedule 3

Historic Environment Scotland’s functions in relation to listed buildings

Section 17 and schedule 4

Historic Environment Scotland’s functions in relation to the marine environment

Section 18

Dissolution of RCAHMS

Section 20

Grants and loans by the Scottish Ministers

Section 21

Local inquiries in relation to scheduled monuments etc.

Section 22

Meaning of “listed building”

Section 23

Applications for listed building consent

Section 24

Control of demolition

Section 28 and schedule 6

Consequential modifications

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st October 2015 for all purposes sections 1 to 8, 10, 11, 15 to 18, 20 to 24 and 28 and schedules 1 to 4 and 6 of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (“the Act”). The Act is now fully in force.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 9th December 2014. Sections 25 to 27 and 29 to 32 came into force on 10th December 2015. The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.S.I.No.

Section 1 and schedule 1 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 2 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 9

27th February 2015

2015/31

Sections 12 to 14

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 15 and schedule 2 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 16 and schedule 3 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 19 and schedule 5

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 21 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 23 (for a limited purpose)

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 28 and schedule 6 (except paragraphs 1(a), 2(b), 3(b), 4(b), 5(a)(ii), 5(b)(ii) and 6(b))

27th February 2015

2015/31

Section 1 and schedule 1 (partially)

19th January 2015

2014/368