Section 12X InterpretationF1

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• “combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• “combined county authority” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

• “constituent authority”, in relation to a strategic planning board, is to be construed in accordance with section 12B;

• “examination” means an examination in public of a draft spatial development strategy as set out in section 12I, and “examiner” is to be construed accordingly;

• “mayoral combined authority” has the meaning given by section 107A(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• “mayoral combined county authority” has the meaning given by section 27(8) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

• “national development management policy” must be construed in accordance with section 38ZA;

• F2“non-mayoral combined authority” means a combined authority that is not a mayoral combined authority;

• “non-mayoral combined county authority” means a combined county authority that is not a mayoral combined county authority;

• “principal authority” has the meaning given by section 12A(7);

• “spatial development strategy for London” means the strategy adopted by the Mayor of London under Part 8 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

• “spatial development strategy timetable” has the meaning given by section 12E;

• “strategic planning authority” has the meaning given by section 12A;

• “strategic planning board” has the meaning given by section 12B;

• “strategy area” has the meaning given by section 12A(4);

• “unitary authority” means—

  1. (a)

     a county council for an area that does not include the areas of district councils, or

  2. (b)

     a district council for an area that does not form part of the area of a county council;

• “upper-tier county council” means a county council for an area that includes the areas of district councils.

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