4.—(1) The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) to the extent specified in this article.
(2) References to the Crown or an emanation of the Crown in the following provisions shall be treated as including the Assembly Commission—
(a)section 211 (preservation of trees in conservation area)(2);
(b)section 226 (compulsory acquisition of land for development etc)(3);
(c)section 228 (compulsory acquisition of land by Secretary of State)(4);
(d)section 296A (enforcement in relation to the Crown)(5);
(e)section 298A (applications for planning permission by Crown)(6);
(f)section 302 and Schedule 15 (enforcement of war-time breaches of planning control)(7);
(g)section 329A (service of notices on the Crown)(8).
(3) For the purposes of section 293 (definitions)(9) the Assembly Commission shall be treated as a government department (and any reference to the Crown in that section shall be construed accordingly).
Subsections (5)-(8) of section 211 were inserted by section 86 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5) (“the 2004 Act”).
Section 226 was amended by section 20(4) of and Schedule 6 paragraph 24(6) to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) and by sections 79, 99 and 120 of and Schedule 3 paragraph 3 and Schedule 9 to the 2004 Act.
Section 228 was amended by section 79(4) of and Schedule 3 paragraph 4 to the 2004 Act and by S.I. 1999/2971 and S.I. 2006/1926.
Section 296A was inserted by section 84(2) of the 2004 Act.
Section 298A was inserted by section 79(4) of and Schedule 3 paragraph 10 to the 2004 Act.
Schedule 15 paragraph 14(4) is amended by section 332 of and Schedule 37, Part 9 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44) from a day to be appointed.
Section 329A was inserted by section 79(4) of and Schedule 3 paragraph 16 to the 2004 Act.
Section 293 was amended by sections 79(4) and 120 of and Schedule 3 paragraphs 6 and 22 and Schedule 9 to the 2004 Act.