# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Section 78: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) Local development plan must be construed in accordance with section 62.
(2) Local planning authorities are—
(a) county councils in Wales;
(b) county borough councils.
(3) A National Park authority is the local planning authority for the whole of its area and subsection (2) must be construed subject to that.
But—
(a) a National Park authority is the local planning authority for the whole of its area;
(b) a joint planning board is the local planning authority for the whole of its united district (and references to the area of a local planning authority are, in relation to such a board, to be construed as references to its united district).
(4) The Assembly is the National Assembly for Wales.
(5) RSS must be construed in accordance with Part 1.
(6) This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/section/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/section-78
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