
PART 1
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st October 2015.
(2) In this Order—
 “the 1979 Act” means the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;
 “the Act” means the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014;
 “the Listed Buildings Act” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997; and
 “the List” means the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest compiled or approved under section 1 of the Listed Buildings Act;
 “the Schedule” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the 1979 Act;
 “scheduled monument” has the meaning given by section 1(11) of the 1979 Act;
 “scheduled monument enforcement notice” has the meaning given by section 9A(1) of the 1979 Act; and
 “scheduled monument consent” has the same meaning as in section 61(1) of the 1979 Act.
PART 2
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), anything done (or having effect as if done) by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of or in connection with the function of compiling and maintaining the Schedule conferred on Historic Environment Scotland by virtue of section 15 of, and Part 1 of schedule 2 to, the Act has effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland in so far as that is required for continuing its effect on and after 1st October 2015.
(2) For the purposes of section 1(6) of the 1979 Act and, to the extent applicable, the purposes of section 1C of the 1979 Act—
(a) the inclusion of a monument in the Schedule;
(b) the amendment of an entry in the Schedule relating to a monument; or
(c) the exclusion of a monument from the Schedule,
by the Scottish Ministers (or having effect as if done by the Scottish Ministers) before 1st October 2015 is not to be treated as having effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland.
3 
Section 1(10)(b) of the 1979 Act continues to have effect as it did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of any certificate issued before that date by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers (or having effect as if issued by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers).
4 
Where—
(a) a condition attached to a scheduled monument consent by virtue of section 2(5)(b) of the 1979 Act requires that the Scottish Ministers (however described) are to be afforded an opportunity, before any works to which the scheduled monument consent relates are begun, to examine the scheduled monument and its site or to carry out excavations; and
(b) such opportunity has not been afforded to the Scottish Ministers before 1st October 2015,the reference in the condition to the Scottish Ministers is to be treated on and after that date as a reference to Historic Environment Scotland.
5 
Where notice of the need for works is given to the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 2(9) of the 1979 Act before 1st October 2015, that section continues to have effect as it did immediately before 1st October 2015 in connection with any proceedings for an offence under section 2 of the 1979 Act in relation to such works.
6 
The provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of an application for scheduled monument consent made before that date but in respect of which no notice of the decision of the Scottish Ministers is given before that date.
7 
The provisions of section 4 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the 1979 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of a direction under section 4 given before that date.
8 
The provisions of sections 9A to 9D, 9G, 9H and 9I of the 1979 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in relation to a scheduled monument enforcement notice served before 1st October 2015.
9 
The provisions of sections 9K and 9N of the 1979 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in relation to a temporary stop notice issued under section 9K(1) of the 1979 Act before 1st October 2015.
10 

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), anything done by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of or in connection with the function of compiling and maintaining—
(a) an inventory of gardens and designed landscapes under section 32A(1) of the 1979 Act; or
(b) an inventory of battlefields under section 32B(1) of the 1979 Act,
conferred on Historic Environment Scotland by virtue of section 15 of, and Part 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Act has effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after 1st October 2015.
(2) For the purposes of section 32A(4) of the 1979 Act, and the application of that section by section 32B(3) of the 1979 Act—
(a) the inclusion of any grounds (as mentioned in section 32A(2) of the 1979 Act) or any battlefield, as the case may be, in an inventory; or
(b) the modification of an entry in the inventory,
by the Scottish Ministers before 1st October 2015 is not to be treated as having effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland.
(3) The provisions of section 32A(4), and that section as applied by section 32B(3) of the 1979 Act, continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of—
(a) the inclusion of any grounds (as mentioned in section 32A(2) of the 1979 Act) or any battlefield, as the case may be, in an inventory; or
(b) the modification of an entry in the inventory,
by the Scottish Ministers before 1st October 2015.
11 
For the purposes of section 42(1) of the 1979 Act a written consent for the use of a metal detector granted (or having effect as if granted) by the Scottish Ministers and remaining in effect immediately before 1st October 2015, is to be treated as if granted by Historic Environment Scotland and references in such consent to the Scottish Ministers (however described) are to be treated as references to Historic Environment Scotland.
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(1) The provisions of section 55 of the 1979 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of—
(a) a decision of the Scottish Ministers (whether before, on or after that date) on an application for scheduled monument consent made before that date; and
(b) a direction given by the Scottish Ministers under section 4 of the 1979 Act before that date.
PART 3
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), anything done (or having effect as if done) by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of or in connection with the function of compiling or approving a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest conferred on Historic Environment Scotland by virtue of section 16 of, and Part 1 of schedule 3 to, the Act has effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland in so far as that is required for continuing its effect on and after 1st October 2015.
(2) For the purposes of section 1A(2) of the Listed Buildings Act and, to the extent applicable, the purposes of section 5B of the Listed Buildings Act—
(a) the inclusion of a building in the List;
(b) the amendment of an entry relating to building in the List; or
(c) the exclusion of a building from the List,
by the Scottish Ministers (or having effect as if by the Scottish Ministers) before 1st October 2015 is not to be treated as having effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland.
14 

(1) Where a building preservation notice (as defined in section 3(1) of the Listed Buildings Act) served before 1st October 2015 remains in force on that date, a request made by the planning authority to the Scottish Ministers to consider including the building which is the subject of the notice in the List is, if no decision has been made by the Scottish Ministers in response to that request before that date, to be treated as having been made to Historic Environment Scotland.
(2) Where, in respect of a building preservation notice, notification is given to the planning authority under section 3(4)(b) of the Listed Buildings Act before 1st October 2015, the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Listed Buildings Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before that date.
(3) Where the Scottish Ministers have before 1st October 2015 notified the planning authority in accordance with section 3(6) of the Listed Buildings Act that they do not propose to include a building in the List—
(a) the provisions of section 3(6)(a) of the Listed Buildings Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of that decision; and
(b) for the purposes of section 3(6)(b) of the Listed Buildings Act the reference to the date of Historic Environment Scotland’s notification is to be treated as the date of notification of that decision by the Scottish Ministers.
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(1) Where an application is made under section 5A(1) of the Listed Buildings Act before 1st October 2015 and has not been determined by the Scottish Ministers by that date, the application is to be treated as if made to Historic Environment Scotland.
(2) Where the Scottish Ministers issue a certificate under section 5A(1) of the Listed Buildings Act before 1st October 2015, section 5A(2) of the Listed Buildings Act applies in respect of the building to which the certificate relates as if—
(a) for “Historic Environment Scotland issues” there were substituted “the Scottish Ministers have issued”; and
(b) in paragraph (a), for “it”, in both places where that word occurs, there were substituted “Historic Environment Scotland”.
16 

(1) Where notice of a proposal to execute works for the demolition of a listed building is given to the Royal Commission under section 7(2)(b) of the Listed Buildings Act before 1st October 2015 but no written statement is made before that date in terms of section 7(2)(c)(ii) of the Listed Buildings Act (as it had effect immediately before 1st October 2015), section 7(2) of the Listed Buildings Act applies for the purposes of the authorisation of those works—
(a) as if notice under subsection (2)(b) has been given to Historic Environment Scotland; and
(b) as including for the purposes of the calculation of the period referred to in subsection (2)(c)(i), any period before 1st October 2015 during which reasonable access to the building was made available to the members or officers of the Royal Commission.
(2) In this article “the Royal Commission” means the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
17 
The provisions of sections 12 and 13 of the Listed Buildings Act, and any directions made under section 13(1) of the Listed Buildings Act before 1st October 2015, continue to have effect as they did immediately before that date in respect of an application for listed building consent, or application for conservation area consent, made before that date.
18 
The provisions of sections 22 and 23 of the Listed Buildings Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of an order made under section 21 of the Listed Buildings Act before that date.
19 

(1) The amendment of section 61(2) of the Listed Buildings Act by paragraph 13 of schedule 3 to the Act does not affect the validity of the designation by the Scottish Ministers of an area as a conservation area before 1st October 2015.
(2) The provisions of sections 62(2) and (4) of the Listed Buildings Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of the designation of an area as a conservation area by the Scottish Ministers before that date.
PART 4
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(1) The Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) (Scotland) Order 1996 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In the Schedule (classes or descriptions of works for the execution of which scheduled monument consent is granted by virtue of this Order)—
(a) in class V (works urgently necessary for health or safety) in paragraph (b), for “the Secretary of State” substitute “Historic Environment Scotland”.
(b) in class VI (works of archaeological evaluation)—
(i) in paragraph (a)—(aa) for “the Secretary of State” substitute “Historic Environment Scotland or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers”; and(bb) omit “by him”;
(ii) in paragraph (b) for “the Secretary of State” in both places where those words occur, substitute “Historic Environment Scotland or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers”; and
(iii) in paragraph (c) for “the Secretary of State” substitute “Historic Environment Scotland or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers”;
(c) in class VII (certain works executed under agreements under section 17 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979) omit “between the occupier and the Secretary of State”; and
(d) in class IX (certain works undertaken by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland), for “the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland” in both places where those words occur, substitute “Historic Environment Scotland”.
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(1) The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Part II of the Schedule (conservation bodies prescribed under section 38(4) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003: other bodies) insert, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, “Historic Environment Scotland”.
22 

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 2007 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In column 2 of Schedule 3 (persons to be served with copy application etc), in entries 9, 15 and 16 for “The Scottish Ministers (marked “for the attention of Historic Scotland”)”, in each case, substitute “Historic Environment Scotland”.
(3) The provisions of Schedule 3 continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in relation to—
(a) an application for an order under section 1 of the Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007; and
(b) a proposal for such an order by the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 6 of that Act,
made before that date.
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(1) The Disclosure (Persons engaged in the Investigation and Reporting of Crime or Sudden Deaths) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In the Schedule—
(a) omit “Historic Scotland”; and
(b) after “Health and Safety Executive” insert “Historic Environment Scotland”.
FIONA HYSLOP
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd June 2015