Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1932

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1932[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to authorise the making of schemes with respect to the development and planning of land in Scotland, whether urban or rural, and in that connection to repeal and re-enact with amendments the enactments relating to town planning; to provide for the protection of rural amenities and the preservation of buildings and other objects of interest or beauty; to facilitate the acquisition of land in Scotland for garden cities; and to make other provision in connection with the matters aforesaid.
Citation22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 49
Territorial extent United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1932
Commencement1 April 1933[a]
Repealed1 July 1948
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byTown and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed and re-enacted with amendments the enactments relating to town planning in Scotland, extending planning controls to rural as well as urban land.[1]

The Town and Country Planning Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 48) made corresponding provisions for England and Wales.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 53(1) of the act repealed 2 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 17 Town Planning (Scotland) Act 1925 The whole act.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 23 Crown Lands Act 1927 Section twelve.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 109(2) of, and part II of the ninth schedule to, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 53), which came into force on 1 July 1948.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Section 55.
  2. ^ Not explicitly stated within the act.

References

  1. ^ Clarke, John J. (1934). "Procedure under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1932". The Town Planning Review. 16 (1): 43–52. ISSN 0041-0020.
  2. ^ "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1932", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/22-23 c. 49
  3. ^ "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/10-11 c. 53