Article 1 Citation, commencement and applicationI1

England and Wales

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013.

(2)

These Rules come into force on 1st October 2013.

(3)

These Rules apply in relation to any hearing which, under section 319A of the 1990 Act^f1, the Secretary of State determines must be held in England for the purposes of determining a relevant application^f2 made on or after 1st October 2013.

(4)

Where these Rules apply in relation to a relevant application which previously fell to be considered in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Written Representations and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013^f3, any step taken or thing done under those Regulations which could have been done under any corresponding provision of these Rules has effect as if it had been taken or done under the corresponding provision.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 1 in force at 1.10.2013, see rule 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: Section 319A was inserted into the 1990 Act by section 196 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).
f2: See section 62A(2)(b) of the 1990 Act for the meaning of “relevant application”. Section 62A was inserted into the 1990 Act by section 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27).
f3: S.I. 2013/2142.