The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019

Made13th November 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament15th November 2019

Coming into force1st December 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(2) and (3) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 20191.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 December 2019.

2

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, and
“the 1997 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19972.

Appointed day – 1 December 20192

1

Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 1 December 2019.

2

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of that table in relation to any provision specified in column 1, that provision comes into force on 1 December 2019 only for that purpose.

Appointed day – 1 March 20203

1

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) is 1 March 2020.

2

The provisions are—

a

section 27 (delegation of development decisions), and

b

section 30 (determination of applications: statement to accompany notification).

KEVIN STEWARTAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh13th November 2019

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1 DECEMBER 2019

Regulation 2

Column 1 Provisions of the Act	Column 2 Subject Matter	Column 3 Purpose
Section 18(1), (2) and (4)	Pre-application consultation
Section 20	Regulations about procedure for certain applications
Section 24	Assessment of environmental effects
Section 26	Conditional grant of planning permission: provision of toilet facilities within certain large developments	For the purpose of making regulations under section 41B(4) of the 1997 Act3
Section 29	Call-in of applications by Scottish Ministers: further provision
Section 41	Fees for planning applications etc.
Section 47	National performance monitoring
Section 48	Regulations
Section 49	Publication of directions
Section 51	National Scenic Areas
Section 52	Notice by planning authority of applications for listed building consent
Section 53	Forestry and woodland strategy
Section 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2	Minor and consequential amendments and repeals	For the purpose of making regulations under sections 41B(4) and 251B(2) of the 1997 Act4

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring sections 18(1), (2) and (4), 20, 24, 29, 41, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52 and 53 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 1 December 2019 for all purposes and sections 26 and 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of the Act into force on that date for the limited purposes of enabling regulations to be made. They also bring sections 27 and 30 into force on 1 March 2020.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 25 July 2019. Sections 58 to 61, 63 and 64 came into force on the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1, 2 and 10	8 November 2019	S.S.I. 2019/314
Sections 3, 5,7, 11, 14 and 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 (for limited purposes)	8 November 2019	S.S.I. 2019/314
Sections 25 and 42	20 December 2019	S.S.I. 2019/377
Sections 23	1 March 2020	S.S.I. 2019/377