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The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2019

S.I. 2019/1081 · Made 3 July 2019

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Town And Country Planning, England

Made 3rd July 2019

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(1) and (2) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017f1, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

2017 c.20.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provision coming into force on 4th July 2019
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2019.

2Provision coming into force on 4th July 2019

Section 8(2) (content of development plan documents) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 comes into force on 4th July 2019.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Kit Malthouse

Minister of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

3rd July 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force section 8(2) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c.20) on 4th July 2019. Section 8(2) amends section 34 (guidance) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5) to require the Secretary of State to issue guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents (taken as a whole) should address housing need that results from old age or disability.