{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-15HC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-15HC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004",
  "path": "section/15HC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15HC",
  "heading": "Liability for Secretary of State’s costs of intervention",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may require the relevant authority to—\n(a) reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in, or in connection with, exercising a function under any of sections 15H to 15HB, or\n(b) pay any fees and expenses of a local plan commissioner appointed under section 15HA(3).\n(2) Where a function under any of those sections is exercised in relation to a joint local plan or joint supplementary plan, the Secretary of State may apportion liability for such expenditure on such basis as the Secretary of State thinks just and reasonable between the authorities who are jointly preparing, or have jointly prepared, the plan.\n(3) In subsection (1) “relevant authority” means—\n(a) where the function is exercised, or the local plan commissioner is appointed, in relation a local plan, the local planning authority;\n(b) where the function is exercised, or the local plan commissioner is appointed, in relation to a supplementary plan, the relevant plan-making authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 15A-15LH and cross-headings substituted for ss. 15-37 and cross-heading (3.3.2026 for the purpose of making regulations only, excluding ss. 15A-15AI, 15K and 15LE(2)(a)(b)(c)(k)(l)(3); 25.3.2026 in so far as not already in force for the insertion of ss. 15B(1)(2)(a)(c)-(i)(3)-(12), 15BA-15C, 15CA(1)-(6)(a)-(g)(i)(7)(8), 15CB-15EA, 15G-15HA, 15HC-15JB, 15L-15LD, 15LE(1)(2)(d)-(j)(m)-(p)(3)(4), 15LF-15LG and 15LH (in part), otherwise prosp.) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 7 (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, regs. 2, 3(b) (with Schs. 1, 2) (as amended by S.I. 2026/333, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/section/15HC",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:27.353631+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."
}