7 Designation and variation of National Parks.E+W
(1)Before making an order designating a National Park [Natural England] shall consult with every joint planning board, [and local authority] whose area includes any land in the area to be designated a Park.
(2)Any such order shall describe the area to be designated a Park by reference to a map and such other descriptive matter as may appear to [Natural England] to be requisite.
(3)The provisions in that behalf of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect as to the making, confirmation, coming into operation and validity of any order designating a National Park.
(4)The Minister may by order made after consultation with [Natural England] vary an order designating a National Park.
(5)Before making an order under the last foregoing subsection the Minister shall consult with [any National Park authority for the Park in question and with] every such board and council as aforesaid whose area, or any part of whose area, is comprised in the National Park, whether as existing or as proposed to be varied; and the provisions in that behalf of the First Schedule to this Act shall apply to any order under the last foregoing subsection.
(6)It shall be the duty of [Natural England] to secure that copies of any order such as is mentioned in this section shall be available, at the office of [Natural England], at the offices of each joint planning board and local authority specified in subsection (1) or subsection (5) of this section, as the case may be [at the offices (where the order is for the variation of an order designating a Park) of any National Park authority for the Park in question], and at such other place or places in or near the Park in question as [Natural England] may determine, for inspection by the public at all reasonable times.
[(7) In this section and Schedule 1 “ local authority ” means—
(a)in relation to England, a county council, district council or parish council;
(b)in relation to Wales, a county council, county borough council or community council.]