(1)For each region there is to be a regional spatial strategy (in this Part referred to as the “RSS”).
(2)The RSS must set out the Secretary of State’s policies (however expressed) in relation to the development and use of land within the region.
(3)In subsection (2) the references to a region include references to any area within a region which includes the area or part of the area of more than one local planning authority.
(4)If to any extent a policy set out in the RSS conflicts with any other statement or information in the RSS the conflict must be resolved in favour of the policy.
(5)With effect from the appointed day the RSS for a region is so much of the regional planning guidance relating to the region as the Secretary of State prescribes.
(6)The appointed day is the day appointed for the commencement of this section.