20(1)In section 103 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980—
(a)in subsection (2)(c) (consultation with local authorities as to acquisition of land by the Land Authority for Wales), the word “and” immediately preceding sub-paragraph (ii) shall be omitted and after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted “and
(iii)any National Park authority which is the local planning authority for a National Park in which the land, or any part of the land, is situated”; and
(b)after subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8A)Subsections (6) to (8) above shall have effect as if any reference to a council included a reference to a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales and the references to the area of a council were to be construed accordingly.”
(2)In paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 to that Act (public authorities who may be assisted by that Authority), after sub-paragraph (f) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(fa)a National Park authority;”.
(3)In paragraph 4 of Schedule 20 to that Act (notice to and objections by local authorities in the case of compulsory purchase by that Authority), at the end there shall be inserted— “For the purposes of this paragraph the references to a local authority within whose area the land is situated shall be deemed to include references to any National Park authority which is the local planning authority for a National Park in which the land is situated.
(4)In paragraph 9 of Schedule 21 to that Act (notice of planning applications) in sub-paragraph (1), after “Wales” there shall be inserted “and every National Park authority for a National Park in Wales”.