The Community Planning (Locality Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Made8th November 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament10th November 2016

Coming into force20th December 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 20151 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Planning (Locality Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 20th December 2016.

Localities2

For the purposes of section 9(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 a locality must be—

a

an electoral ward within the meaning given by section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 20042; or

b

an area within the area of the local authority with a population which does not exceed 30,000.

KEVIN STEWARTAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh8th November 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations describe the localities into which community planning partnerships must divide local authority areas for the purpose of carrying out locality planning under Part 2 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.