{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/19",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "New principal councils to be local planning authorities in Wales.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act references to the planning Act are references to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.\n(2) Section 1 of the planning Act (local planning authorities) is amended as follows.\n(3) After subsection (1), insert—\n“(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to Wales.\n(1B) In Wales—\n(a) the local planning authority for a county is the county council; and\n(b) the local planning authority for a county borough is the county borough council.”\n(4) After subsection (4), insert—\n“(4A) Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to Wales.\n(4B) As to any site in Wales, the local planning authority is also the mineral planning authority.”\n(5) At the end of the section add—\n“(6) The exercise, in relation to Wales, of functions conferred on local planning authorities is subject to section 4(3) and Schedule 1A.”\n(6) In subsection (3), omit the words “and in Wales” and in subsection (5)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for “subsections (1) to (4) have” substitute “ this section has ”; and\n(b) in paragraph (b), for “(1) and (2)” substitute “ (1) to (2) ”.\n(7) Schedule 4 inserts a new Schedule 1A in the planning Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 wholly in force at 1.4.1996; s. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 66; s. 18(1)-(6) in force at 3.4.1995 for certain purposes and 1.4.1996 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1995/852, art. 4(1), Sch. 2 (subject to art. 4(2)-(6)); s. 18(7) in force at 1.4.1996 by S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:09.310667+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}