Sch 5A para 9
(1) Before making or altering a scheme, a planning authority must— (a) comply with the requirements for publicising, and inviting representations in relation to, their proposals for making or altering the scheme, and (b) wait until the period for representations has expired. (2) The Scottish Ministers are to prescribe by regulations— (a) the requirements for publicising and inviting representations in relation to proposals for making or altering a scheme, and (b) the period for representations.