Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No.19) (Scotland) Order 1996.

Provisions coming into force on 1st June 1996

2.  The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 shall come into force on 1st June 1996:—

(a)section 53(1) (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 11; and

(b)section 53(2) (repeals) in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part IV of Schedule 12 specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Article 2(b)

SCHEDULEREPEALS IN PART IV OF SCHEDULE 12 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST JUNE 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st June 1996 provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 which amend the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972. They amend sections 53(2) and (4) (listed buildings) and 267(9) (local inquiries) of the 1972 Act. In consequence all the amendments to the 1972 Act made by the 1986 Act will be in force, apart from the inadvertent repeal of section 273(9) of the 1972 Act which has not been commenced.

The Order also brings into force a number of other minor repeals.

This is the final commencement order for Scotland relating to the 1986 Act.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order: