Regulation 6 Modifications to section 15G (revocation of local plans and supplementary plans)I1

for subsection (1), there were substituted—

“(1)

A joint local plan (“the first plan”)—

(a)

where a new joint local plan comes into effect and all of the relevant authorities in relation to the first plan are relevant authorities in relation to the new joint local plan, is revoked in its entirety;

(b)

where a new joint local plan comes into effect and one or more of the relevant authorities in relation to the first plan are relevant authorities in relation to the new joint local plan, is revoked only in relation to the area of an authority that is a relevant authority in relation to the new joint local plan;

(c)

where a new local plan which is not a joint local plan is adopted or approved under this Part for the area of a relevant authority in relation to the first plan, is revoked only in relation to that area.”;

after subsection (2), there were inserted—

“(3)

The Secretary of State—

(a)

may revoke a joint local plan so far as it relates to the area of one of the relevant authorities, at the request of that authority;

(b)

may revoke a joint supplementary plan so far as it relates to the area of one of the relevant authorities or one or more specific sites in their area, at the request of that authority.

(4)

In this section “relevant authorities” are—

(a)

in relation to a joint local plan, the local planning authorities that are the relevant authorities in relation to that plan for the purposes of section 15IA;

(b)

in relation to a joint supplementary plan, the local planning authorities or (as the case may be) the minerals and waste planning authorities that are the relevant authorities in relation to that plan for the purposes of section 15IC.”.