{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-general-regulations-2012/regulation-31A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-general-regulations-2012/regulation-31A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/637",
  "legislation_title": "The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-general-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/31A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31A",
  "heading": "Requests to intervene and dealing with requests",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a qualifying body requests the Secretary of State to intervene—\n(a) in relation to an order proposal, under paragraph 13B of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act; or\n(b) in relation to a plan proposal, under that paragraph as applied by section 38A(3) of the 2004 Act.\n(2) The request must be in writing and give reasons for the request.\n(3) In a case where sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) of paragraph 13B of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act applies, the request must be submitted to the Secretary of State by the date prescribed in paragraph (4).\n(4) The date prescribed in this paragraph is the last day of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the local planning authority first publish their decision in accordance with regulation 18(2) (in the case of a plan proposal) or 25(2) (in the case of an order proposal).\n(5) The Secretary of State may appoint an inspector to make any decision falling to be made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 13B of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act in relation to the proposal.\n(6) The Secretary of State or the inspector may direct the authority to refrain from taking any action that is specified in the direction that the authority would otherwise be required or entitled to take under paragraph 12 or 13 of that Schedule in relation to the proposal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 8A inserted (1.10.2016) by The Neighbourhood Planning (General) and Development Management Procedure (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/873), regs. 1(1), 2(10) (with reg. 4(5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/637/regulation/31A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:49.246512+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."
}