2(1)In section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (development orders), for subsection (3) (general and special orders) substitute—
“(3)A development order may be made either—
(a)as a general order applicable, except so far as the order otherwise provides, to all land, but which may make different provision with respect to different descriptions of land, or
(b)as a special order applicable only to such land or descriptions of land as may be specified in the order.”.
(2)In paragraph 17 of Schedule 16 to the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (inclusion of provision in development orders empowering local highway authority to impose restrictions on grant of planning permission in certain cases) for " shall include in a development order under section 24 provision" substitute " may include in a development order under section 24 such provision as he thinks fit ".