# Planning (Wales) Act 2015, Section 15: Joint planning boards: functions relating to surveys and local development plans


(1) PCPA 2004 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 78 (interpretation of Part 6), for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) 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).”
(3) In section 62 (local development plan), in subsection (7) (relevant local well-being plan), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c) in the case of an authority which is a joint planning board, the public services board for an area that includes any part of that authority's united district.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/4/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015/section-15
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