{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-60.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006",
  "path": "section/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Procedure for orders designating National Parks",
  "text": "(1) Amend the 1949 Act as follows.\n(2) In section 7 (designation and variation of National Parks), in subsection (1), for “county council, county borough council and county district council” substitute “ and local authority ”.\n(3) After subsection (6) of that section insert—\n“(7) In this section and Schedule 1 “local authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, a county council, district council or parish council;\n(b) in relation to Wales, a county council, county borough council or community council.”\n(4) In section 9 (development plans relating to National Parks), omit subsection (2).\n(5) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 2, after sub-paragraph (2) (local inquiries to be held where objection by local authority not withdrawn) insert—\n“(2A) In sub-paragraph (2) “local authority” does not include—\n(a) in relation to an order designating a National Park in England, a parish council, or\n(b) in relation to an order designating a National Park in Wales, a community council.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 60 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:48.014805+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."
}