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F1Subject to section 68 of the Environment Act 1995 (planning authority functions under National Parks legislation to be functions of National Park authorities in certain cases),the functions conferred on a local planning authority by or under the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949 and the M2Countryside Act 1968 shall—

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as respects England elsewhere than in the metropolitan counties, Greater London and the Isles of Scilly, be exercisable in accordance with the following provisions of this section; and

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as respects Wales, be exercisable in accordance with subsections (6) to (8) below.