{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-7ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-7ZA.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/7ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7ZA",
  "heading": "New towns",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where an order is made under section 7A(2)(a) or (4)(a) of the New Towns Act 1981 (powers to confer functions under the planning Acts) in respect of a development corporation established under section 3 of that Act.\n(2) If the order is made under section 7A(2)(a), the corporation is the local planning authority for the specified area, for the specified purposes and in relation to the specified kinds of development, in place of the authority which would otherwise be the local planning authority for that area.\n(3) If the order is made under section 7A(4)(a), the corporation has the functions under the specified enactments in the specified area, in place of any authority (except the Secretary of State) which would otherwise have them in that area.\n(4) In this section “specified” means specified in the order.\n(5) This section is subject to section 8A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7ZA inserted (14.4.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(7), Sch. 17 para. 2(3) (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/168, reg. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/7ZA",
    "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."
}