2015 No. 238

Ancient Monuments

The Historic Environment Scotland (First Planning Period) Order 2015

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(7)(a) of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 20141 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Historic Environment Scotland (First Planning Period) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st October 2015.

Specification of planning period for Historic Environment Scotland’s first corporate plan2

The period beginning on 1st April 2016 and ending on 31st March 2019 is the first period specified for the purposes of section 9(7)(a) of the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (specification of “planning period” for the purposes of Historic Environment Scotland’s corporate plan).

FIONA HYSLOPA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 establishes Historic Environment Scotland (in Gaelic, Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil na h-Alba) and makes minor amendments to the law relating to the historic environment.

This Order specifies the period from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2019 as the first planning period for Historic Environment Scotland’s corporate plan.