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Transitional provisions for county districts transferred to Hertfordshire and Surrey

15.—(1) On and after 1st April 1965—

(a)the development plan for the county of Hertfordshire shall have effect as if the provisions of the existing development plan for the county of Middlesex in relation to land in the urban district of Potters Bar were contained therein, and

(b)the development plan for the county of Surrey shall have effect as if the provisions of the existing development plan for the county of Middlesex in relation to land in the urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames were contained therein,

any designation in the existing development plan for the county of Middle- of land in the said urban districts as subject to compulsory acquisition by council of the county of Middlesex shall have effect with the substitution references to the council of the county of Hertfordshire or the council of county of Surrey, as the case may be.

(2) Any proposals under section 6 of the Act of 1962 for the amendment of existing development plan for the county of Middlesex which have been omitted before 1st April 1965 by the council of the county of Middlesex in respect of which no amendment of the development plan has become operative before that date shall, so far as they relate to land in the urban district of Potters Bar, have effect as if they had been submitted by the council of county of Hertfordshire and, so far as they relate to land in the urban stricts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames, have effect as if they had been submitted by the council of the county of Surrey.

(3) The provisions of this article shall cease to have effect in relation to any specified therein when an amendment of the development plan for the county of Hertfordshire or the development plan for the county of Surrey, as a case may be (other than an amendment made in pursuance of the proposals scribed in the last preceding paragraph), containing provisions in relation to and in the area, has been made by the Minister under section 6 of the Act of 1962 and has come into operation.

16.  As from the coming into operation of this article the council of the county of Hertfordshire or the council of the county of Surrey, as the case may shall be entitled at all reasonable times to inspect and take copies of all or documents relating to any land in the urban district of Potters Bar or urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames which are in the possession or under the control of the council of the county of Middlesex for the purposes of or in connection with the Act of 1962 or the regulations of 1960 and the council of the county of Middlesex shall su ly such information and such assistance for the purposes of or in connection with the Act of 1962 or the regulations of 1960 as the council of the county of Hertfordshire the council of the county of Surrey may reasonably require.

17.  Any a lication for planning permission or for any consent or a roval the Act of 1962, any a lication for a determination under section 43 the Act of 1962, and any a lication for consent or a roval or any claim compensation under the regulations of 1960, made to the council of the county of Middlesex before 1st April 1965 and not determined by them before that date, shall, so far as it related to any land in the urban district of Potters be treated as having been made on that date to the council of the county Hertfordshire and, so far as it relates to any land in the urban districts of and Sunbury-on-Thames, be treated as having been made on that date the council of the county of Surrey:

Provided that it shall not be necessary for such council to consult with any authority, person or body with whom consultation has already taken place in to that a lication.

18.  Any order, direction, agreement, permission, a roval, determination, notice, proceeding or decision made, taken, given or served before April 1965 by or on behalf of the council of the county of Middlesex as planning authority under the Act of 1962 (except Part II and sections 67, and 69 thereof) or the regulations of 1960, or having effect as if so made, given or served, shall, so far as it relates to any land in the urban district Potters Bar, have effect as if it had been made, taken, given or served by council of the county of Hertfordshire and, so far as it relates to any land in the urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames, have effect as if had been made, taken, given or served by the council of the county of Surrey.

19.  Any direction, a roval, consent or decision given by the Minister the Minister of Transport under or in pursuance of the Act of 1962 (except Part II thereof) or any enactment thereby repealed affecting the council of the county of Middlesex as local planning authority and in force immediately of fore 1st April 1965 shall, so far as it relates to any land in the urban district of Potters Bar, have effect as if it relates to any land in the urban district of Hertfordshire and, so far as it relates to any land in the urban districts Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames, have effect as if it had been given to the council of the county of Surrey.