Regulations about form, content and procedure 25 (1) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations about— (a) the form and content of schemes, and 25 (b) the procedure to be followed in connection with making and altering schemes. (2) Regulations under this paragraph may in particular— (a) provide for the publicity to be given to— (i) matters included, or proposed for inclusion in, a scheme, 30 (ii) the making or alteration of a scheme, (iii) any procedural step in relation to the making or alteration of a scheme, (b) make provision with respect to the making and consideration of representations concerning— 35 (i) whether a scheme should be made, (ii) what should be included in a scheme, (c) require, or authorise, consultation with persons identified in the regulations (by name or description) prior to the taking of steps in the process of making or altering a scheme, 38 Planning (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Masterplan consent areas (d) require a planning authority, in circumstances prescribed in the regulations, to give anyone who requests them copies of documents which have been made public, (e) allow a planning authority to impose a reasonable charge on anyone 5 given a copy of a document in accordance with provision made by virtue of paragraph (d), (f) provide for the publication and inspection of— (i) any scheme which has been made, or (ii) a document setting out alterations that have been, or are to be, 10 made to a scheme, (g) provide for the sale of copies of— (i) schemes, and (ii) any document that sets out alterations that have been, or are to be, made to a scheme. 15 P ART 6 I NTERPRETATION Application of section 54F 26 Section 54F applies to the interpretation of this schedule as it does to sections 54B to 54E. 20 Calculation of periods 27 (1) Where a period is described in this schedule (in whatever terms) as ending after a specified number of months or years— (a) if the final month has a day corresponding to the day of the month on which the period began, the period ends at the end of that day of the final 25 month, (b) if the final month is shorter than the month in which the period began and so does not have a corresponding day, the period ends on the last day of the final month. (2) In sub-paragraph (1), “the final month” means the month arrived at by counting 30 forwards the specified number of calendar months or years from the month in which the period began. (3) For example, if a period described as ending after 6 months begins on 31 August it ends on 28 February (or 29 February in a leap year).”. 11 Bar to creation of new simplified planning zones 35 (1) The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows. (2) In section 50 (making of simplified planning zone schemes)— (a) subsection (1) is repealed, Planning (Scotland) Bill 39 Part 2—Masterplan consent areas (b) in subsection (2)— (i) for the words from the beginning of the subsection to the end of paragraph (a), substitute “A planning authority may at any time decide―”, (ii) in paragraph (b), after “a” insert “simplified planning zone”, 5 (c) in subsection (3), the words “making and” are repealed. (3) The section title of section 50 becomes “Alteration of simplified planning zone schemes”. (4) In schedule 5 (simplified planning zones)— (a) in paragraph 2— 10 (i) the words “make or” are repealed, (ii) in paragraph (b), the words “the scheme or” are repealed, (b) the italic heading preceding paragraph 2 becomes “Notification of proposals to alter scheme”, (c) in paragraph 3(1), the words “make or” are repealed, 15 (d) in paragraph 3(2)— (i) paragraph (a) is repealed, (ii) in paragraph (b), for “that period”, substitute “the 12 months preceding the request”, (e) the italic heading preceding paragraph 3 becomes “Power of Secretary of State to 20 direct alteration of scheme”, (f) in paragraph 4(1)— (i) paragraph (a) is repealed, (ii) in paragraph (b), for “he considers” substitute “the Scottish Ministers consider”, 25 (iii) the words “, in either case,” are repealed, (iv) the words “making or, as the case may be,” are repealed, (g) in paragraph 4(2), for “sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), substitute “sub-paragraph (1)(b)”, (h) in paragraph 5(1), the words “make or” are repealed, 30 (i) in paragraph 5(3)(a), the words “make or” are repealed, (j) in paragraph 6— (i) the words “prepared a proposed simplified planning zone scheme, or” are repealed, (ii) in each place they occur, the words “scheme or” are repealed, 35 (k...