The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving) Order 2010

Made: 18th March 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section62(2) and (3) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Commencement No.5 and Saving) Order 2010.

Appointed days

2

The day appointed for the coming into force of section11[^f00002] (disposal of land by local authorities for less than full value) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (“the Act”) for the purpose only of conferring power to make regulations is 20th April 2010.

3

The day appointed for the coming into force of that section for all other purposes is 1st June 2010.

Saving

4

The provision of the Act brought into force by this Order shall have no effect in relation to an application made before 1st June 2010 for any such consent as is mentioned in section 74(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[^f00003].

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 18th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order appoints 20th April 2010 and 1st June 2010 as the days on which section11 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (“the Act”) shall come into force, for the purpose first of conferring power to make regulations, then for all other purposes.

The effect of the coming into force of section 11 will be that local authorities will no longer require Scottish Ministers’ consent for disposals of land at less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained. In future, such disposals may take place in the circumstances set out in section 75(2A) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 or in accordance with regulations to be made under section 74 of that Act, as amended by section 11.

Article 4 of the Order preserves the current consent regime for all disposals in relation to which an application is made prior to 1st June 2010.

the Act received Royal Assent on 11thFebruary 2003. Sections42(1), 42(2), 50 and62 came into force on Royal Assent.

The provisions of the Act remaining to be commenced after the making of this Order are sections8(2)(c)(ii) and 9. Section8(2)(a)(v) and(2)(d)(i) has been commenced for limited purposes only and remains to be commenced for all other purposes.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 1.

[^f00002]: Section11(2) was repealed by paragraph1 of schedule4 to the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp5).

[^f00003]: 1973 c.65.