The Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Standard Daily Amount) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/493
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Standard Daily Amount) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.

Section 3 Application

These Regulations apply where a person is appointed by the planning authority whether before 1st April 1996 or on or after that date to hold a local inquiry or other hearing under section 11 of, or paragraph 7 of Schedule 6A to, the Act, in respect of the performance on or after 1st April 1996 of his functions in relation to the inquiry or hearing.

Section 4 Remuneration

Where these Regulations apply, the sum which the planning authority shall pay in accordance with section 11(1A) of or paragraph 7(3A) of Schedule 6A to the Act shall be a standard daily amount applicable in respect of each day on which the person appointed to hold the local inquiry or other hearing is engaged in holding, or in work connected with, the inquiry or hearing.

Section 5 Standard daily amount

The standard daily amount referred to in regulation 4 above and prescribed under section 11(1B) of, and paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 6A, to the Act is £275.

Section 6 Amendment

In regulation 33(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Structure and Local Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 1983 the words “remuneration and” shall be omitted.