In section 184 of the 1972 Act (National Park and countryside functions), for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)

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—

(a)

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

(b)

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