(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) and the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the 2019 Act”) to change descriptions of dates to actual dates.
Regulation 2 amends section 275B(2)(b) of the 1997 Act to change the date described in relation to the coming into force of section 49 of the 2019 Act to the actual date.
Regulation 3 amends section 58(1) of the 2019 Act to change the date described by reference to the date on which Bill for the 2019 Act received Royal Assent to the actual date.
The Bill for the 2019 Act received Royal Assent on 25 July 2019. Section 60 came into force on the following day. Section 49 of the 2019 Act, inserting section 275B(2)(b) into the 1997 Act, was commenced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019 on 1 December 2019.