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(1)Without prejudice to the previous provisions of this Chapter, the Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to the form and content of structure and local plans and the procedure to be followed in connection with their preparation, withdrawal, adoption, submission, approval, making, alteration, repeal and replacement.
(2)In particular any such regulations may—
(a)provide for publicity to be given to the report of any survey carried out by a local planning authority under section 30;
(b)provide for the notice to be given of or the publicity to be given to—
(i)matters included or proposed to be included in any such plan,
(ii)the approval, adoption or making of any such plan or any alteration, repeal or replacement of it, or
(iii)any other prescribed procedural step,
and for publicity to be given to the procedure to be followed as mentioned in subsection (1);
(c)make provision with respect to the making and consideration of representations with respect to matters to be included in, or objections to, any such plan or proposals for its alteration, repeal or replacement;
(d)without prejudice to paragraph (b), provide for notice to be given to particular persons of the approval, adoption or alteration of any plan, if they have objected to the plan and have notified the relevant local planning authority of their wish to receive notice, subject (if the regulations so provide) to the payment of a reasonable charge for receiving it;
(e)require or authorise a local planning authority to consult with, or consider the views of, other persons before taking any prescribed procedural step;
(f)require a local planning authority, in such cases as may be prescribed or in such particular cases as the Secretary of State may direct, to provide persons making a request with copies of any plan or document which has been made public for the purpose mentioned in section 33(1)(a) or 39(2)(a) or has been made available for inspection under section 33(3) or 39(5)(a) or 40(2)(a), subject (if the regulations so provide) to the payment of a reasonable charge;
(g)provide for the publication and inspection of any structure plan or local plan which has been approved, adopted or made, or any document approved, adopted or made altering, repealing or replacing any such plan, and for copies of any such plan or document to be made available on sale.
(3)Regulations under this section may extend throughout England and Wales or to specified areas only and may make different provision for different cases.
(4)Subject to the previous provisions of this Chapter and to any regulations under this section, the Secretary of State may give directions to any local planning authority, or to local planning authorities generally—
(a)for formulating the procedure for the carrying out of their functions under this Chapter;
(b)for requiring them to give him such information as he may require for carrying out any of his functions under this Chapter.
(5)Subject to the provisions of section 287, a structure plan or local plan or any alteration, repeal or replacement of such a plan shall become operative on a date appointed for the purpose in the relevant notice of approval, resolution of adoption or notice of the making, alteration, repeal or replacement of the plan.
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