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

[^key-78f20e172a37f71ee31a9aa7bade275e]: Reg. 13 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-d550d2e8381bc925f312230ed347a2ae]: Reg. 15 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-5960b51aafdf03cd5b0ad7ca3ff68e70]: Reg. 16 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-9f15222ad36240667bdf31fa827f270b]: Reg. 17 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-aeb1ab275da3813cf8580eaef8854bf4]: Reg. 18 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-673dd3fe63d1305056bc2207a59a371e]: Reg. 19 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-fe01721521a64a74655b7d2b92639393]: Reg. 22 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-446144df9d2c04036faf16ea14b30ab8]: Reg. 23 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-e5cf9ff1c90679b236ed20d943422b5e]: Reg. 26 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-fab7280ca6c4d6153d163b87a2d6ea7e]: Reg. 27 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-0947e9178a13c89f9f63649f49faa700]: Reg. 28 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-6196177a23149a4359b67e6bf6c3a478]: Reg. 29 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-95167ec248218dab31aa882352755005]: Reg. 30 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-2b891483a5a188becf045e9642218d6f]: Reg. 31 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-a5785a3a1cb156c655773fc55841bab3]: Reg. 32 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-b3a26e15005335c8202bd5df0db7f40e]: Reg. 33 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-ae24d9fa93e51353936a50f1c5aaafb0]: Reg. 34 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-c9d3ea3f63a6cf06dbeb37ea3454e637]: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-22e5f35636cefba2b15adda4f577a572]: Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-84329e343f5ecef2462966713690401c]: Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-4e134fba61d36bcd0149ddbbe47e0975]: Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-d05e54d6f2e5121eb6a7a26fd820318e]: Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-45514f4119307ad45d982d24c98aa76e]: Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-c08215324da2b3ae2ec46f972c2e49f6]: Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-b7720f27353698447f182624c69c68b6]: Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-a7e3702954069ff7404590f5eb996017]: Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-a42abff3135228323de851fd41376519]: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-de24abcb88847a3c18d4666326811f09]: Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-40345f2d5628d6b540381f55932b5e8c]: Sch. 4 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-fb35dd980508f129f7454c8f1856bafb]: Sch. 3 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1

[^key-c6dcacef46e6bdf1e623e09243d5e3e6]: Words in reg. 2 inserted (23.8.1986) by The Gas Act 1986 (Consequential Modifications of Subordinate Legislation) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1356), art. 1, Sch.

[^key-0468b2492388820e4f4c62063c3a2eea]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.3.1990) by The Electricity Act 1989 (Consequential Modifications of Subordinate Legislation) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/526), reg. 1, Sch.

[^key-ae74671768ae922cb0cacd9b6ad8c177]: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (10.8.1992) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1763), regs. 1, 2

[^key-ee922dc03d804cf36f0d3ba5eaf087fc]: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.3.1996) by The Gas Act 1995 (Consequential Modifications of Subordinate Legislation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/252), art. 1, Sch.

[^key-6a0c7cdbdd532a51f771dc1eb1989f8d]: Regulations applied (11.3.1999) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/787), arts. 1, 90

[^key-cdc018449ffbf232469c4c3943a98ab9]: Regulations applied (20.11.2002 except for the purposes of any election where the last day for the publication of the notice of election in respect of that election precedes that date) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2779), arts. 1, 86

[^key-e9de8cf72c13ecb05665acd5d242cfdf]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 3 added (22.10.2003) by The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/503), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 17(3)(a)

[^key-5a307dbd90ec54e8cc09fcb481edfcb2]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 3 added (22.10.2003) by The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/503), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 17(3)(b)

[^key-78073e5d86c10cba84167a578ab8c36b]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 3 added (22.10.2003) by The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/503), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 17(3)(c)

[^key-e4135273ad1a8dc8c5f312f0e4a57b13]: Words in reg. 6 added (22.10.2003) by The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/503), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 17(2)

[^key-64647713664cc2944d60b1aac066cc0c]: Reg. 2A inserted (28.7.2004) by The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/332), art. 1(1), sch. 3 para. 2

[^key-e602a54f22535e4ed15e64d0a3c6cd39]: Reg. 32A inserted (28.7.2004) by The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/332), art. 1(1), sch. 3 para. 4

[^key-4027377bb2b5caa66c54aa99e6621b28]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (28.7.2004) by The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/332), art. 1(1), sch. 3 para. 1

[^key-5bfd40815ad3349d301432d91cbc2d22]: Reg. 20(2A) inserted (28.7.2004) by The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/332), art. 1(1), sch. 3 para. 3

[^key-7f2d7d4d68aa9819a3cd520ebde67cb8]: Words in reg. 6 inserted (26.3.2006 at 0600 hours) by The Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/95), arts. 1, 2(2)

[^key-7e69b13936ba0a636a3f65beae7b15e6]: Reg. 12(1)(bb) inserted (26.3.2006 at 0600 hours) by The Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/95), arts. 1, 2(3)

[^key-be6737cfd0669a08018a6f19271d8c95]: Regulations applied in part (Crown) (with modifications) (12.6.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (Application of Subordinate Legislation to the Crown) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/270), arts. 1(1), 6

[^key-52438b1af0c9d04801365d9ec4254690]: Words in reg. 12(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 67(1)

[^key-c2725b4385c8157bf64d9ad14ddf1f88]: Words in reg. 14(5) omitted (30.6.2013) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)

[^key-ddee9f5ce4316ff327a3b76a6a37e2f9]: Reg. 20(3) omitted (30.6.2013) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(3) (with reg. 3)

[^key-8e9a9cdfc76bcbc244a2bbd1f32ad5d6]: Reg. 21(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 21(1) (30.6.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a) (with reg. 3)

[^key-5601ebc42f13d9145b1ade10412a8d45]: Words in reg. 21(2) inserted (30.6.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b) (with reg. 3)

[^key-47b9514975589adb160ce09b4fe3440b]: Reg. 21(9) omitted (30.6.2013) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(c) (with reg. 3)

[^key-2f3ebf12a74f41176c040936400be542]: Reg. 21(3)-(7) omitted (30.6.2013) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(c) (with reg. 3)

[^key-fc99a57988cb2b5266868584f1c2dfcb]: Words in reg. 24(4) inserted (30.6.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(5) (with reg. 3)

[^key-a8d66122de0fe395b98c4dc7f1c5dcc7]: Reg. 25 substituted (30.6.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/154), regs. 1(1), 2(6) (with reg. 3)

[^key-4008df081ee0f622d0567329780c70b9]: Regulations applied (18.12.2013) by Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 (asp 14), s. 36, sch. 4 para. 28

[^key-de5eb59201513431e5d28abe57569b93]: Reg. 26A inserted (30.6.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/139), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)

[^key-fd3085830d118062e261f52ed2eed223]: Sch. 4 Class 7 and words inserted (10.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/249), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

[^key-db2f120cd3de505fb03a81e299e497fd]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 7 inserted (10.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/249), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

[^key-7f51d5ca30958ee38184b4ea41e27499]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 7 inserted (10.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/249), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)

[^key-b2996c875001a905220d33f493291d11]: Words in Sch. 4 Class 7 inserted (10.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/249), regs. 1, 2(2)(d)

2A

• (1) In these Regulations, and in relation to the use of electronic communications for any purpose of these Regulations which is capable of being effected electronically–

• (a) the expression “address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications, except that where these Regulations impose an obligation on any person to provide a name and address to any other person, the obligation shall not be fulfilled unless the person on whom it is imposed provides a postal address; and

• (b) references to forms, plans, notices, or other documents, or to copies of such documents, include references to such documents or copies of them in electronic form.

• (2) Paragraphs (3) to (8) apply where an electronic communication is used by a person for the purpose of fulfilling any requirement in these Regulations to give or send any form, plan, notice or other document to any other person (“the recipient”).

• (3) The requirement shall (except in a case referred to in paragraph (4)) be deemed to be fulfilled where the notice or other document transmitted by means of the electronic communication is–

• (a) capable of being accessed by the recipient;

• (b) legible in all material respects; and

• (c) sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference.

• (4) The cases are–

• (a) serving notice on any person under regulation 11(2);

• (b) sending any document referred to in regulation 11(4);

• (c) serving a notice under regulation 11(6);

• (d) serving a notice under regulation 14;

• (e) serving a notice of an order for confirmation of revocation and modification of consent under regulation 22(2); and

• (f) notifying a claim under regulation 23(1).

• (5) In paragraph (3), “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or other document is available to the recipient to no lesser extent than it would be if sent or given by means of a document in printed form.

• (6) Where the electronic communication is received by the recipient–

• (a) at any time before the end of a day which is a working day, it shall be deemed to have been received on that day; or

• (b) at any time during a day which is not a working day, it shall be deemed to have been received on the next working day,

and for these purposes, “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning or any other day which is a local or public holiday in an area in which the electronic communication is received.

• (7) A requirement in these Regulations that any document should be in writing is fulfilled where that document meets the criteria in paragraph (3), and “written” and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly.

• (8) In a case to which this paragraph applies, and except where a contrary intention appears, the person making an application, appeal or objection or giving or serving the notice using electronic communications shall be deemed to have agreed—

• (a) to the use of such communications for all purposes relating to the application, appeal, objection or notice, as the case may be, which are capable of being carried out electronically;

• (b) that the address for the purpose of such communications is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, the application, appeal, objection or notice; and

• (c) that the person’s deemed agreement under this paragraph shall subsist until the person gives notice in accordance with regulation 32A that the person wishes to revoke the agreement.

Withdrawal of consent to use of electronic communications

32A

Where a person is no longer willing to accept the use of electronic communications for any purpose which, under these Regulations, is capable of being carried out using such communications, that person shall give notice in writing–

• (a) withdrawing any address notified to the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, to a planning authority for that purpose; or

• (b) revoking any agreement entered into or deemed to have been entered into with the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, with a planning authority for that purpose,

and such withdrawal or revocation shall be final and shall take effect on a date specified by the person in the notice, being a date occurring after the period of seven days, beginning with the date on which the notice is given.

Enforcement Appeals to the Scottish Ministers

Stop notices

26A

• (1) The provisions of sections 136, 140(1), (3) and (7) to (9), 141, 142, 143(1) to (5) and 144 of the Act apply in respect to an enforcement notice served under regulation 24 as they apply in respect to an enforcement notice issued under section 127 of the Act subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (2).

• (2) The modifications are—

• (a) the references in sections 140, 141 and 143 to “relevant activity” are to be treated as references to the display of an advertisement specified in the enforcement notice served under regulation 24;

• (b) the references in sections 136, 140 and 141 to the compliance period are to be treated as references to the period specified in the enforcement notice served under regulation 24 for compliance with it or such extended period as the planning authority may allow for compliance with it;

• (c) the reference in section 141(4) to section 127 is to be treated as a reference to regulation 24; and

• (d) the reference in section 143(5)(a) to an activity which constitutes or contributes to a breach of planning control is to be treated as a reference to any display of an advertisement in contravention of these Regulations.