# Planning and Compensation Act 1991, Paragraph 9


For paragraph 12(1) there is substituted—
“12 (1) Where—
(a) a local planning authority are directed under paragraph 3 to make a simplified planning zone scheme which the Secretary of State considers appropriate or to alter such a scheme in such manner as he considers appropriate, and
(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied, after holding a local inquiry or other hearing, that the authority are not taking within a reasonable period the steps required by this Schedule for the adoption of proposals for the making or, as the case may be, alteration of a scheme,
he may himself make a scheme or, as the case may be, the alterations.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/34/schedule/5/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compensation-act-1991/schedule-5/paragraph-9
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