SCHEDULES

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

PART 1Amendments of the Planning Act 2008

Single-Commissioner procedure to become single-appointed-person procedure

I132

1

Amend section 80 (person ceasing to be single Commissioner) as follows.

2

Omit subsection (1) (generally, person ceases to be single Commissioner on ceasing to be a Commissioner).

3

In subsection (2) (single Commissioner may resign by notice to Commission)—

a

for “Commissioner” substitute “ appointed person ”, and

b

for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

4

In subsection (3) (Commission chair may remove single Commissioner)—

a

for “person appointed to chair the Commission (“the chair”)” substitute “ Secretary of State ”,

b

for “Commissioner” (in both places) substitute “ appointed person ”, and

c

for “if the chair” substitute “ if the Secretary of State ”.

5

In the heading for “Commissioner” substitute “ appointed person ”.