# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 2


(1) This paragraph applies to proposals for the alteration or replacement of a structure plan for the area of a local planning authority.
(2) If before the commencement of Part 1 of this Act the authority have complied with section 33(2) of the principal Act (making copies of proposals and the explanatory memorandum available for inspection) the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the principal Act continue to have effect in relation to the proposals.
(3) In any other case—
(a) the authority must take no further step in relation to the proposals;
(b) the proposals have no effect.
(4) If the proposals are adopted or approved by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, paragraph 1 of this Schedule applies to the policies contained in the proposals as if—
(a) they were policies contained in a development plan within the meaning of section 54 of the principal Act;
(b) the date of commencement of section 38 is the date when the proposals are adopted or approved (as the case may be).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/8/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-8/paragraph-2
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