Part I

Administration

Planning authorities.
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1
The planning authority for the purposes of this Act shall be the local authority and the district of the planning authority shall be the area of the local authority.
2
In any enactment or instrument made under or by virtue of an enactment, a reference to a planning authority shall, unless otherwise provided, or unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to a local authority.
3
This section is subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other enactment.
S. 1(3) added (1.4.2007) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 54(2), 59(2); S.S.I. 2007/130, art. 2(2), sch.