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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 20 December 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) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) is 20 December 2019.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) section 25 (conditional grant of planning permission: noise-sensitive developments), and
(b) section 42 (fines: increases and duty of court in determining amount).
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The day appointed for the coming into force of section 23 (notice by planning authority of certain applications made to them) of the Act is 1 March 2020.
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The provisions of section 41A (conditional grant of planning permission: noise-sensitive developments) of the 1997 Act  do not apply in respect of an application for planning permission made before 20 December 2019.
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The provisions of section 126 (penalties for non-compliance with planning contravention notice) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of a planning contravention notice (as defined in section 277(1) of the 1997 Act) served before that date.
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(1) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in paragraph (2) continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of an enforcement notice (as defined in section 277(1) of the 1997 Act) served before that date.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) section 136 (offence where enforcement notice not complied with) , and
(b) section 138 (enforcement notice to have effect against subsequent development) .
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The provisions of section 144 (penalties for contravention of stop notice) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of a stop notice (as defined in section 277(1) of the 1997 Act) served before that date.
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The provisions of section 144C (temporary stop notices: offences) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of a temporary stop notice (as defined in section 277(1) of the 1997 Act) issued before that date.
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The provisions of section 145 (enforcement of conditions) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of a  breach of condition  notice (as defined in section 277(1) of the 1997 Act) served before that date.
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The provisions of section 186(3) (enforcement of control as to advertisements) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 20 December 2019 in respect of the display before that date of an advertisement in contravention of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 .
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The provisions of section 34 (notice by planning authority of certain applications made to them) of the 1997 Act  continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1 March 2020 in respect of an application mentioned in section 34(2) of the 1997 Act made before that date.
KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh
