Article 3 Transitional provisions and savings

During the transitional period a reference in an enactment mentioned in section 38(7) of the 2004 Act to the development plan for an area in Wales is a reference to the development plan for that area for the purposes of section 27A of the 1990 Act^f1.

The transitional period is the period starting on 15th October 2005 and ending for each area on the date that a local development plan is adopted or approved for that area.

The provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall continue to have effect on and after 15th October 2005 for the purposes of the transitional arrangements contained in articles 5 and 7 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.4 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions)(Wales) Order 2005^f2 as if those provisions had not been amended or repealed by the 2004 Act.