Article 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 24th August 2005.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), these Rules apply in relation to any local inquiry caused by the Secretary of State to be held in England before he determines an application referred to him under section 76A(4)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f1.

(3)

Where the Mayor of London has directed the local planning authority to refuse the application, these Rules shall apply with the modifications set out in rule 27.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 8. Section 76A was inserted by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), section 44.