PART 2LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Local development plans
16Department's default powers
1
This section applies if the Department thinks that a council is failing or omitting to do anything it is necessary for it to do in connection with the preparation or revision of a development plan document.
2
The Department may—
a
prepare the document; or
b
revise the document.
3
The Department must give reasons for anything it does in pursuance of subsection (2).
4
The Department must cause an independent examination to be carried out by—
a
the planning appeals commission; or
b
a person appointed by the Department,
and section 10(5) to (8) applies accordingly.
5
The Department must publish the recommendations and reasons of the person appointed to hold the examination.
6
The Department must consider recommendations made in accordance with section 10(8) (as applied by subsection (4) of this section) and may approve the document with or without modification.
7
The council must reimburse the Department for any expenditure the Department incurs in connection with anything—
a
which is done by it under subsection (2), and
b
which the council failed or omitted to do as mentioned in subsection (1).