SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 E+W Infrastructure Planning Commission: transfer of functions to Secretary of State

PART 1 E+W Amendments of the Planning Act 2008

Valid from 01/04/2012

Acceptance of applications E+W

13 (1) Amend section 55 (acceptance by Commission of applications) as follows. E+W

(2) For “Commission” (in each place) substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

(3) In subsections (2), (4) and (6) for “it” (in each place) substitute “ the Secretary of State ”.

(4) In subsection (7)—

(a) for “it cannot accept the application, it” substitute “ the application cannot be accepted, the Secretary of State ”, and

(b) in paragraph (b) for “its” substitute “the Secretary of State's”.