
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 8 November 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 1997.
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(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 8 November 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 8 November 2019 only for that purpose.
KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd October 2019
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Column 1Provisions of the Act Column 2Subject Matter Column 3Purpose
Section 1 Purpose of planning 
Section 2 National Planning Framework 
Section 3 Open space strategy For the purpose of making regulations under section 3G(5) of the 1997 Act
Section 5 Strategic development: regional spatial strategies For the purpose of issuing, varying, publishing and revoking guidance under section 4ZE of the 1997 Act
Section 7 Local development plans For the purpose of—

(a) making regulations under sections 16B, 16D, 18, 19, 20A of the 1997 Act, and
(b) issuing, varying, publishing and revoking guidance under section 16C of the 1997 Act
Section 10 Key agencies 
Section 11 Delivery programmes For the purpose of making regulations under section 21(7) of the 1997 Act
Section 14 Local place plans For the purpose of making regulations under schedule 19 of the 1997 Act
Section 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals For the purpose of making regulations under section 3G(5)(b) of the 1997 Act