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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order the Secretary of State directs exceptions to and adaptations and modifications of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, for the purposes of its application to the Isles of Scilly.

The Order also provides for the exercise of planning functions in the Isles by the Council of the Isles, and makes transitional provision in connection with the existing development plan.

The Order supersedes the Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2233).

The Isles of Scilly are defined by, and the Council of the Isles is constituted under, the Isles of Scilly Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1844).