Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 293(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 82C(12) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and section 31(9) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2006 No.
The Planning (Application to the Houses of Parliament) Order 2006
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 293(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 19901, section 82C(3)(c) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 19902 and section 31(3) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 19903, makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Planning (Application to the Houses of Parliament) Order 2006 and shall come into force the day after that on which it is made.
2
For the purposes of article 2 a licence shall not be regarded as an interest in land.
Definition of Crown interest2
1
The interests in paragraph (2) are specified for the purposes of —
a
the definition of Crown interest in section 293(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
b
section 82C(3) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (definition of Crown interest);
c
the definition of Crown interest in section 31(3) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.
2
The interests referred to in paragraph (1) are—
a
the interest of the Speaker of the House of Lords in those parts of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts occupied on 23 March 1965 by or on behalf of the House of Lords;
b
the interest of the Speaker of the House of Commons in those parts of that Palace and its precincts occupied on that date by or on behalf of the House of Commons;
c
the interest in any land of—
i
the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;
ii
the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or
iii
those two Corporate Officers acting jointly.
Appropriate authority3
For the purposes of Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (application of Act to Crown land), Part 3 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and section 31 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990, the “appropriate authority” in relation to the land described—
a
in article 2(2)(a) or (c)(i), is the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;
b
in article 2(2)(b) or (c)(ii), is the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; and
c
in article 2(2)(c)(iii), is those two Corporate Officers acting jointly.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Order)