{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-368",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-368.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/368",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "368",
  "heading": "Power of the Welsh Ministers to hold local inquiry",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purposes of the exercise of any of their functions under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this Act (except Chapter 2 of Part 6).\n(2) See also—\n(a) paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 20 for powers of an inspector to hold a local inquiry in accordance with a determination under section 366;\n(b) paragraphs 4 and 13 of Schedule 17 for duties of the Welsh Ministers to cause a local inquiry to be held in certain cases where objections or representations are made in relation to orders under Part 11 (highways).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 368 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied by 1978 c. 3, s. 8(3C) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied by 1990 c. 10, s. 37(6) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/368",
    "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."
}