PART 8London
CHAPTER 2Mayoral development corporations
Planning and infrastructure functions
203Arrangements for discharge of, or assistance with, planning functions
1
Where an MDC, as a result of being the local planning authority for purposes of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to any area, has functions in place of a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, the MDC may make arrangements for the discharge of any of those functions by that council.
2
Where arrangements are in force under subsection (1) for the discharge of any functions of an MDC by a council—
a
that council may arrange for the discharge of those functions by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the council, and
b
section 101(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (delegation by committees and sub-committees) applies in relation to those functions as it applies in relation to the functions of that council.
3
Arrangements under subsection (1) for the discharge of any functions do not prevent the MDC from exercising those functions.
4
Subsection (5) applies where an MDC, as a result of being the local planning authority for purposes of Part 2 or 3 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in relation to any area, has functions in place of a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London.
5
The MDC may seek from that council, and that council may give, assistance in connection with the MDC's discharge of any of those functions.