London Docklands Development Corporation Act 1994

10 Byelaws: procedural provisions

(1) The provisions of sections 236 (3) to (8) and (11) and 238 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 shall apply to any byelaw made by the Corporation under this Act and the said section 238 shall have effect as if the expression “proper officer” referred to the chief executive of the Corporation.

(2) In its application to this section, subsection (7) of section 236 of the said Act of 1972 shall have effect as if, after the words “the confirming authority may confirm”, there were inserted the words “with or without modifications” and as if, at the end of that subsection, there were added the following proviso:— “Provided that where the Secretary of State proposes to make a modification to a byelaw which appears to him to be substantial he shall inform the Corporation and require it to take any steps which he considers to be necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modification; and he shall not confirm the byelaw until such period has elapsed as he thinks reasonable for the consideration of, and comment upon, the proposed modification by the Corporation and by any other persons who have, or are likely to have, been informed of it.