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Displaying 416 - 420 of 782Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 142 of 2014).
This Order amends various provisions and Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 in relation with changes the classes of development which are permitted and in relation with specified construction works. Development is not permitted in a conservation area, national scenic area, a historic garden or designed landscape, a National Park or a World Heritage Site.
Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (S.I. 223 (S. 17) of 1992). (1992-02-11)
Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 53 of 2014).
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 in regulation 8, which disapplies section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 on protection of trees in conservation areas which are not subject to a tree preservation order. A new paragraph (1)(aa) provides that section 172 does not apply if approval is obtained under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013.
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 Remedial Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 98 of 2014).
This Order makes amendments to the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 so as to make it compatible with a specified human right. It inserts a new section (section 72A) into the 2003 Act. That section provides that section 73 applies to a tenancy continuing to have effect by virtue of section 72(6) unless the tenancy is a relevant tenancy
Amends: Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (2003 asp 11). (2003-04-22)
Land Register Rules etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 150 of 2014).
These Regulations, made under sections 43(7), 56(4), 62(2), 115(1) and 116(1) of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 , provide for the keeping the Land Register of Scotland (“the register”), the procedure for applications for registration, forms to be used, etc. They, among other things, provide rules to apply for, or to discharge, an advance notice under section 57(1) of the Act, provide with respect to combination of cadastral units, define the requirements for affidavits, and provide with respect to applications for registration of land including the seabed.
Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 (S.S.I. No. 41 (C. 4) of 2014).
This Order makes provision in relation to bringing into force Part 10 of, and schedule 3 to, the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 on electronic documents, electronic conveyancing and electronic registration. Schedule 3 makes consequential amendments to the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 in relation to bringing electronic documents into operation and contains transitional provisions in relation with the coming into force of the 2012 Act.
Implements: Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (2012 asp 5). (2012-07-10)