Application of section 77 of the Act to applications for express consentE+W
10.—(1) Section 77 of the Act (reference of applications to Secretary of State) shall apply to applications for express consent made by an interested planning authority subject to—
(a)in subsection (1), the substitution, for “applications for planning permission, or for the approval of any local planning authority required under a development order”, of “applications for the display of advertisements pursuant to regulations made under section 220 of this Act”; and
(b)the omission of subsections (4) and (6).
(2) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under section 77 of the Act in respect of an application for express consent, regulations 13 to 16 shall apply to that application as if—
(a)references to the local planning authority (in whatever terms) were references to the Secretary of State;
(b)regulation 13(1)(c) were omitted; and
(c)in regulation 16(1), for “applicant” there were substituted “ interested planning authority ”.