(1)The following provisions of the principal Act are to apply in relation to neighbourhood development plans.
(2)The provisions to be applied are—
(a)section 61F (authorisation to act in relation to neighbourhood areas),
(b)section 61I(2) and (3) (neighbourhood areas in areas of two or more local planning authorities),
(c)section 61M (revocation or modification of neighbourhood development orders),
(d)section 61N (legal challenges),
(e)section 61O (guidance), and
(f)section 61P (provision as to the making of certain decisions by local planning authorities).
(3)Section 61M of the principal Act is to apply in accordance with subsection (2) of this section as if the words “by order” (wherever occurring) were omitted.
(4)Section 61N(1) of the principal Act is to apply in accordance with subsection (2) of this section as if the reference to section 61E(4) or (8) of that Act were a reference to section 38A(4) or (6) of this Act.
(5)Schedule 4B to the principal Act is to apply in accordance with 38A(3) of this Act with the following modifications—
(a)the reference to section 61E(8) of the principal Act is to be read as a reference to section 38A(6) of this Act,
(b)references to the provision made by or under sections 61E(2), 61J and 61L of the principal Act are to be read as references to the provision made by or under sections 38A and 38B of this Act,
(c)references to section 61L(2)(b) or (5) of the principal Act are to be disregarded, and
(d)paragraph 8 is to have effect as if sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (c) and (3) to (5) were omitted.
(6)Regulations under section 61G(11) of the principal Act (designation of areas as neighbourhood areas) may include provision about the consequences of the modification of designations on proposals for neighbourhood development plans, or on neighbourhood development plans, that have already been made.
(7)The fact that the list of applied provisions includes section 61N(2) and (3) of the principal Act is not to affect the operation of section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 in relation to other references to enactments applied in accordance with this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 38A-38C inserted (15.11.2011 for specified purposes, 6.4.2012 for specified purposes, 3.8.2012 for specified purposes, 6.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss., 240(5)(j), Sch. 9 para. 7; S.I. 2012/628, art. 8(a) (with arts. 9, 12, 13, 16, 18-20) (as amended (3.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 4); S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 3(a) (with art. 5) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/797, art. 4); S.I. 2013/797, arts. 1(2), 2