{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-319ZZC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-319ZZC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990",
  "path": "section/319ZZC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "319ZZC",
  "heading": "Requirement for functions to be discharged by committee, sub-committee or officer",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a relevant local planning authority to make arrangements under section 101 of the 1972 Act for such relevant planning functions as are prescribed—\n(a) to be discharged by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority;\n(b) to be discharged by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority in prescribed circumstances.\n(2) The regulations may —\n(a) prescribe the terms of the arrangements (which may include exceptions) and any permitted variations in those terms;\n(b) provide for the arrangements to confer a discretion on any person in connection with the delegation of a function.\n(3) Where arrangements required by the regulations are in force in relation to a relevant planning function, the function may only be exercised in accordance with the arrangements (and section 101(4) of the 1972 Act does not apply).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 319ZZC-319ZZF and cross-heading inserted (18.2.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 54(1), 118(2)(c)(i) (with s. 116)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/319ZZC",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:00.269643+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."
}