Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/458/made
Timestamp: 2018-01-22 02:53:08
Document Index: 765733781

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 5', 'art 9', 'art 3', 'art 9', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 9', 'art 9']

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 145(2) and (3) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 10, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st April 2018.
“the 1892 Act” means the Allotments (Scotland) Act, 1892(2).
12.—(1) Paragraph (3) applies in relation to each local authority where, at the relevant date, a request has been received—
(a)by the local authority to lease an allotment from that authority; or
(b)by a tenant of the local authority to sub-lease an allotment from that tenant,
and the conditions in paragraph (2) apply.
(2) The conditions are that the request—
(b)is a valid request; and
(c)has not been determined before the relevant date.
(a)the request is to be treated as a request made to the authority under section 109(1) of the Act on the relevant date; and
(b)the name of the person who has made the request is to be entered in the list established and maintained by the authority under section 111(1) of the Act, with due regard to the order of priority established by the authority in relation to the requests mentioned in paragraph (1).
“determined” means that an offer to lease an allotment has been made in respect of the request mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b);
“the relevant date” means the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force;
“valid request” means a request made by any person to an authority, or to a tenant of an authority, that would otherwise fulfil the requirements of a request under section 109(1) of the Act; and
“writing” includes an electronic communication within the meaning of section 15(1)(general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(3).
PART 5Transitory provisions
14.—(1) Section 109(1) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2) Until the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force, no request may be made before that date under section 109(1) of the Act to that local authority by a person who resides in the area of that authority.
15.—(1) Section 112(1)(b) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2) Until the expiry of the period of 8 years beginning with the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force, the duty imposed by section 112(1)(b) of the Act does not have effect in relation to that authority.
16.—(1) Section 117(2) and (6) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2) Until the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force—
(a)the prohibition in section 117(2) of the Act on a local authority does not have effect in relation to that authority; and
(b)section 117(6) of the Act does not have effect.
17.—(1) Section 118(2) and (7) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(a)the prohibition in section 118(2) of the Act on a local authority does not have effect in relation to that authority; and
(b)section 118(7) of the Act does not have effect.
18.—(1) Section 121(2) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2) Until the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force, the following paragraphs in section 121(2) of the Act do not have effect in relation to that authority:—
(a)paragraph (i);
(b)paragraph (j);
(c)paragraph (k);
(d)paragraph (l);
(e)paragraph (m); and
(f)paragraph (p).
20.—(1) Section 128(2) of the Act has effect in relation to each local authority subject to the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2) Until the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force, section 128(2) of the Act does not have effect in relation to that authority.
SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st APRIL 2018
Column 1: Provisions of the Act
Column 2: Subject Matter
Section 107 Meaning of “allotment”
Section 108 Meaning of “allotment site”
Section 109 Request to lease allotment
Section 110 Offer to lease allotment
Section 111 Duty to maintain list
Section 112 Duty to provide allotments
Section 113 Duty of tenant of allotment site to grant sublease
Section 114 Access to allotment and allotment site
Section 115 Allotment site regulations
Section 116 Allotment site regulations: further provision
Section 117 Disposal etc. of allotment sites owned by local authority
Section 118 Disposal etc. of allotment sites leased by local authority
Section 119 Duty to prepare food-growing strategy
Section 120 Duty to review food-growing strategy
Section 121 Annual allotments report
Section 122 Power to remove unauthorised buildings from allotment sites
Section 123 Delegation of management of allotment sites
Section 124 Promotion and use of allotments: expenditure
Section 125 Use of local authority and other premises for meetings
Section 126 Termination of lease of allotment or allotment site
Section 127 Resumption of allotment or allotment site by local authority
Section 128 Notice of termination: sublease by local authority
Section 129 Notice of termination: sublease by allotment association etc.
Section 130 Prohibition against assignation or subletting
Section 131 Sale of surplus produce
Section 132 Removal of items from allotment by tenant
Section 133 Compensation for disturbance
Section 134 Compensation for deterioration of allotment
Section 135 Compensation for loss of crops
Section 136 Set-off of compensation etc.
Section 137 Guidance
Section 138 Interpretation of Part 9
Section 144(1) and schedule 4 so far as they relate to paragraph 1 of that schedule Minor and consequential amendments: section 26(3)(e) of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911
Section 144(1) and schedule 4 so far as they relate to paragraph 2 of that schedule Minor and consequential amendments: section 18(1) of the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939
Section 144(1) and schedule 4 so far as they relate to paragraph 3 of that schedule Minor and consequential amendments: section 86(1) and (3) of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948
Section 144(1) and schedule 4 so far as they relate to paragraph 4 of that schedule Minor and consequential amendments: section 41(3) and paragraph 10 of the Eighth schedule of the Opencast Coal Act 1958
Section 144(1) and schedule 4 so far as they relate to paragraph 5(a) of that schedule Minor and consequential amendments: section 73(2) and (3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Allotments (Scotland) Act, 1892 Repeal of the Allotments (Scotland) Act, 1892
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act, 1919 Repeal of Part 3 and paragraph 6 of the First Schedule of the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act, 1919
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Allotments (Scotland) Act 1922 Repeal of the Allotments (Scotland) Act 1922
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act 1931 Repeal of section 24(j) of the Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act 1931
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 Repeal of section 1(4)(b) of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Allotments (Scotland) Act 1950 Repeal of the Allotments (Scotland) Act 1950
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 Repeal of section 5(6) of the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Opencast Coal Act 1958 Repeal of provision in the Eighth Schedule, in paragraph 10(h), of the Opencast Coal Act 1958
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 Repeal of section 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 Repeal of Schedule 27, paragraphs 16 to 20, 54 and 58 to 60 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Section 144(2) and schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Repeal of Schedule 13, paragraphs 6, 12 and 35 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
This Order brings into force provisions of Part 9 (Allotments) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”).
Part 2 of the Order (article 2) appoints the day for the coming into force, insofar as not already in force, of the provisions of the Act set out in the table in the schedule. The day for the coming into force of these provisions is 1st April 2018.
Part 3 makes saving provisions. Article 3 makes saving provision as regards allotment managers appointed under section 6(3) of the Allotments (Scotland) Act, 1892. It provides that notwithstanding the repeal of this provision, it has no effect to the extent set out in paragraph (3) in circumstances where, before the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under regulation 115(1) of the Act come into force, that authority has appointed and not removed from office allotment managers. Article 4 makes saving provision as regards provisions of primary legislation which are amended by section 144(1) and schedule 4 of the Act. Articles 5 to 11 make saving provisions as regards provisions of primary legislation which are repealed by section 144(2) and schedule 5 of the Act. The provisions under articles 4 to 11 are saved in relation to the local authority in question until the day on which the first regulations made by that local authority under section 115(1) of the Act come into force.
Part 4 (article 12) makes transitional provision as regards valid written requests to lease an allotment which are received but not determined by an authority, or a tenant of an authority, by the relevant date. Article 12(3) provides that such requests are treated as having been made under section 109 on the relevant date; and the name of the person making the request included on the list under section 111(1) with due regard to the order of priority established by the authority in relation to requests received before commencement of sections 109 and 111. The relevant date for the purposes of this article is the day on which the first regulations made by the local authority in question under section 115(1) of the Act come into force.
Part 5 makes transitory provisions as regards a number of the provisions of Part 9, modifying on a transitory basis the effect of these provisions until such time as the local authority in question has brought into force its first regulations under section 115(1) of the Act. This is because there are some provisions in Part 9 of the Act which are dependent upon, or related to, allotment site regulations made by local authorities under section 115(1) and which cannot operate until those regulations are in force. Each local authority may make its first section 115(1) regulations at any date within two years of section 115 coming into force. Article 15 makes transitory provision as regards section 112(1)(b). This provision requires local authorities, when certain trigger points are reached, to take reasonable steps to ensure that a person entered on the list maintained under section 111(1) does not remain in the list for a continuous period of more than 5 years. Article 15 provides that this will have no effect, in relation to a local authority as regards its local authority area, until 8 years after the relevant date. This is to give effect to a commitment given in Parliament during the passage of the Bill that the effect of section 112(1)(b) would be delayed by way of the commencement arrangements.
Section 74 (partially) 30th June 2017 S.S.I. 2017/192
Section 133(4), (5) and (6) (partially) 15th December 2017 S.S.I. 2017/420
Section 134(4), (5) and (6) (partially) 15th December 2017 S.S.I. 2017/420
Section 135(3), (4) and (5) (partially) 15th December 2017 S.S.I. 2017/420
2015 asp 6. Section 8 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) allows the power to be exercised so as to appoint different days for different purposes.
1892 (c.54).
2007 c.7, as amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), section 406 and schedule 17, paragraph 158.