Regulation 5 Date for publication of plans
(1)
This regulation prescribes, for the purposes of section 527A(5), the date by which an authority are required to publish the plan, or any revision of it.
(2)
The authority shall publish the plan on or before 31st December 1998.
(3)
The authority shall subsequently publish a revised plan—
(a)
in 2001, in the period beginning on 1st January and ending on 1st April, and
(b)
in the same period in every third year thereafter.
(4)
In this regulation “publish” means—
(a)
making the plan available for inspection in accordance with regulation 4(2), and
(b)
providing copies of the plan to every person specified in regulation 4(3) and (4).