Planning Act 2008

Part 1 The Infrastructure Planning Commission

1 The Infrastructure Planning Commission

(1) There is to be a body corporate called the Infrastructure Planning Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).

(2) The Commission’s functions are those conferred on it by or under this or any other Act.

(3) Schedule 1 is about the Commission.

2 Code of conduct

(1) The Commission must issue a code about the conduct expected of Commissioners in connection with the performance of the Commission’s functions.

(2) The code must include—

(a) provision requiring each Commissioner to disclose financial and other interests in accordance with the procedure established under section 3, and

(b) such other provision as the Secretary of State may direct.

(3) The Commission must arrange for the code to be published.

(4) The Commission—

(a) must keep the code under review, and

(b) may from time to time revise it or replace it.

(5) References in this Act to the code of conduct issued under this section include the code as revised or replaced under this section.

(6) A failure to observe any provision of the code does not of itself make a Commissioner liable to any criminal or civil proceedings.

3 Register of Commissioners' interests

(1) The Commission must establish a procedure for the disclosure and registration of financial and other interests of Commissioners.

(2) The Commission must arrange for the register entries to be published.

4 Fees

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for the charging of fees by the Commission in connection with the performance of any of its functions.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision—

(a) about when a fee (including a supplementary fee) may, and may not, be charged;

(b) about the amount which may be charged;

(c) about what may, and may not, be taken into account in calculating the amount charged;

(d) about who is liable to pay a fee charged;

(e) about when a fee charged is payable;

(f) about the recovery of fees charged;

(g) about waiver, reduction or repayment of fees;

(h) about the effect of paying or failing to pay fees charged;

(i) for the supply of information for any purpose of the regulations.

(3) The regulations may provide for the amounts of fees to be calculated by reference to costs incurred by the Commission—

(a) in the performance of any of its functions, and

(b) in doing anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any of its functions.