19 Joint and special planning boards in Wales.E+W
(1)In section 2 of the planning Act (joint planning boards), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to Wales.
(1B)If it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient that a joint board should be established as the local planning authority for two or more areas, each of which is the whole or part of a Welsh county or county borough, he may by order—
(a)constitute those areas or parts as a united district for the purposes of this Act; and
(b)constitute a joint board as the local planning authority for that united district.
(1C)A joint board constituted under subsection (1) or (1B) shall be known as a “joint planning board”.”
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In section 2 of the planning Act—
(a)in subsection (1), omit the words “(in this Act referred to as a “joint planning board”)”;
(b)in subsection (2), for the words “such an order” substitute “ an order under subsection (1) or (1B) ”;
(c)in subsection (3), after “county” insert “ or county borough ” (in both places); and
(d)in subsection (4), after “(1)” insert “ or (1B) ”.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 19(2)(3) repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.