3.—(1) The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 228(1), for “First Secretary of State” in both places substitute “Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government”.
(3) In section 245(1)(2), for “the First Secretary of State” substitute “the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government”.
(4) In section 265(1)(3) for paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d)in relation to any other statutory undertakers, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.”
(5) In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 6(4), for “the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister” substitute “the Department for Communities and Local Government”.
s.228 was amended by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, S.I. 1997/2971, art.6(1), Sched., paras.11 and 12, the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001, S.I. 2001/2568, art.16, Sched., para.9 and the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sched. 2, para. 15(2).
s.245(1) was amended by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, S.I. 1997/2971, art.6(1), Sched., paras.11 and 13, the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001, S.I. 2001/2568, art.16, Sched., para.9 and the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sched. 2, para. 15(3).
In s.265(1), para.(a) was repealed and para.(d) amended by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, S.I. 1997/2971, art.6(1), Sched., paras.11 and 14, para.(d) was further amended by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001, S.I. 2001/2568, art.16, Sched., para.9, and paragraph (a) was inserted and paragraph (d) substituted by the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sched. 2, para. 15(4).
para.8(2) was amended by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, S.I. 1997/2971, art.6(1), Sched., paras.11 and 15, the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001, S.I. 2001/2568, art.16, Sched., para.9 and the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sched. 2, para. 15(5).