Scottish Statutory Instruments
Ancient Monuments
Made
13th May 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th May 2015
Coming into force
1st October 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 31(2) of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014(1).
1. 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.
2. 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
13th May 2015
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 |
(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.
(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 |