Prospective
7(1)Section 303A (responsibility of local planning authorities for costs of holding certain inquiries etc) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1A)—
(a)before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)a public examination under section 15AC of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;”;
(b)in paragraph (a), for “20, 21(5)(b), 27(3)(a)” substitute “15D, 15DB, 15H(3)(b), 15HA(6)(a)”.
(3)In subsection (9A)—
(a)in paragraph (a)—
(i)after “submit a” insert “strategy, plan or”;
(ii)after “for” insert “public or”;
(b)in paragraph (b), for “27(2)(a)” substitute “15HA(3)(b) or 15HA(6)(a)”.
(4)After subsection (9A) insert—
“(9B)In a case where a qualifying procedure is carried out in relation to a plan that is prepared jointly by two or more local planning authorities under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Secretary of State may for the purposes of this section apportion the amount that may be recovered in accordance with subsections (4) to (6) between those authorities, on such basis as the Secretary of State considers just and reasonable.”
(5)In subsection (10), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)any reference to an independent examination under section 15D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 includes a pause of such an examination under section 15DA of that Act;”.
(6)After subsection (11) insert—
“(12)In this section references to a local planning authority are, in relation to a local planning authority in England, to a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and include a minerals and waste planning authority for the purposes of that Part.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(3)(b)