{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-163",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-163.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/163",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "163",
  "heading": "Revocation of certificate of lawfulness",
  "text": "(1) A planning authority may revoke a certificate of lawfulness issued by the authority if, in connection with the application for the certificate—\n(a) a statement was made, or a document was used, that was false in a material respect, or\n(b) relevant information was withheld.\n(2) The Welsh Ministers may revoke a certificate of lawfulness issued or varied by them on an appeal under section 160 if, in connection with the appeal—\n(a) a statement was made, or a document was used, that was false in a material respect, or\n(b) relevant information was withheld.\n(3) Regulations may make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with the revocation of a certificate of lawfulness.\n(4) The regulations may include provision about—\n(a) the notice to be given of a proposed revocation;\n(b) making and considering representations in relation to a proposed revocation;\n(c) the notice to be given of a revocation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 163 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/163",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}