2021 No. 244 (C. 15)
Town And Country Planning

The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2021

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 63(2) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 20191.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 17 July 2021.

Appointed day – promotion and use of mediation etc.2.

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 40 (promotion and use of mediation etc.) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 is 17 July 2021.

TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring section 40 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) fully into force on 17 July 2021.

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

Instrument 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

Section 23

1 March 2020

S.S.I. 2019/377

Section 18(1), (2) and (4)

1 December 2019

S.S.I. 2019/385

Sections 20, 24, 29, 41, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52 and 53

1 December 2019

S.S.I. 2019/385

Sections 26, 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 (for limited purposes)

1 December 2019

S.S.I. 2019/385

Sections 27 and 30

1 March 2020

S.S.I. 2019/385

Section 17, 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 (for limited purposes)

18 May 2020

S.S.I. 2020/67

Section 26

18 May 2020

S.S.I. 2020/67

Section 34

18 November 2020

S.S.I. 2020/294

Section 37

18 November 2020

S.S.I. 2020/294

Section 17

1 April 2021

S.S.I. 2021/101