The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984

Prospective

Election notices, statutory advertisements and traffic signsS

12.—(1) Consent shall be deemed to be granted for the display of advertisements of the following descriptions:—

(a)any advertisement relating specifically to a pending Parliamentary, European Assembly or Local Government election, not being an advertisement to which sub-paragraph (b) of this regulation applies;

(b)advertisements required to be displayed by an enactment for the time being in force, or by Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, including advertisements the display of which is so required as a condition of the valid exercise of any other power, or proper performance of any function, given or imposed by an enactment;

(c)advertisements in the nature of traffic signs employed wholly for the control, guidance or safety of traffic, and displayed in accordance with an authorisation given by the Secretary of State or by the appropriate roads or police authority.

(2) Consent deemed to be granted under this regulation shall be subject to the following conditions in addition to the standard conditions:—

(a)an advertisement of the description specified in paragraph (1)(a) above shall be removed within 14 days after the close of the poll in the election to which the advertisement relates;

(b)advertisements displayed for a temporary purpose in relation to paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be removed as soon as may be after the expiry of the period during which such advertisement is required or authorised to be displayed, or, if no such period is specified, shall be removed within a reasonable time after the purpose for which such advertisement was required or authorised to be displayed is satisfied.

(c)where advertisements of the description specified in paragraph (1)(b) above could, apart from this regulation, be displayed as advertisements of a specified class under regulation 10, they shall conform with any provision of Schedule 4 as respects size, number or height in relation to the display of advertisements of that class, and otherwise shall not exceed in those respects what is necessary to achieve the purpose for which the display is required; without prejudice, however, to the express requirements in regard to size, number or height of any enactment or Standing Orders under which such advertisements are displayed.