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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/a1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subsections (4) to (12) of section 15D, and section 15DA, apply to an examination held under paragraph 6(2)—\n(a) reading references to the local planning authority as references to the combined authority, and\n(b) in the case of an independent examination of a proposed revision, reading references to a local plan as references to the revision.\n(2) The combined authority must give reasons for anything they do in pursuance of paragraph 5 or 6(4).\n(3) The constituent planning authority must reimburse the combined authority—\n(a) for any expenditure that the combined authority incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 5 and which the constituent planning authority failed ... to do as mentioned in that paragraph;\n(b) for any expenditure that the combined authority incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 6(2).\n(4) In the case of a joint local plan, the combined authority may apportion liability for the expenditure on such basis as the authority considers just between the authorities for whom the plan has been prepared.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 11; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 4(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. A1 para. 7(1) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(8)(a) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7(3)(a) omitted (25.3.2026) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(8)(b) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. A1 para. 7(4) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 16.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20), ss. 9(11), 46(3); S.I. 2018/38, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7(4) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(8)(c)(i) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 7(4) substituted (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 26(8)(c)(ii) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/a1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:16.746001+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."
}