If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the. . . F1 planning authority, to be expedient that an order under paragraph 9 of this Schedule should be made, he. . . F2 may himself make such an order; and any order so made by the Secretary of State shall have the like effect as if it had been made by the authority and confirmed by the Secretary of State under that paragraph.

The provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to any proposal by the Secretary of State to make such an order by virtue of this paragraph, in relation to the making thereof by the Secretary of State and in relation to the service of copies thereof as so made.