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<Pnumber>3C</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 has the function of preparing the spatial development strategy for the authority's area, subsections (3A) and (3B) also apply in relation to—</Text>
<P3>
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a local planning authority whose area is within, or the same as, the area of the combined authority, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3>
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the spatial development strategy published by the combined authority.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
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</P2>
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</P2para>
</P2>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="key-392d7743cbc14291b01d9e3a4c0106cd" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 8(1)(3) in force at 16.1.2018 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/38" id="cw8u87yp2-00011" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2018" Number="38" Title="The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2018">S.I. 2018/38</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cw8u87yp2-00012" CitationRef="cw8u87yp2-00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/38/regulation/2/a" SectionRef="regulation-2-a" Operative="true">reg. 2(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-7b5d14a7fca720f82d9f51338e3798dc" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 8(2) in force at 4.7.2019 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1081" id="chajsvsh3-00008" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="1081" Title="The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2019">S.I. 2019/1081</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="chajsvsh3-00009" CitationRef="chajsvsh3-00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/1081/regulation/2" SectionRef="regulation-2" Operative="true">reg. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
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