Notification by district council of passing or rejection of plans
31. In Article 13 of the principal Order—
(a)for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(3) A district council with which plans are deposited in accordance with building regulations shall notify the person by or on behalf of whom the plans were deposited whether the council has passed or rejected the plans.”;
(b)after paragraph (4) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(5) Building regulations may provide that the council shall comply with paragraph (3) within the prescribed period from the deposit of the plans or within such extended period as may, before the expiration of the prescribed period, be agreed in writing between the person by or on behalf of whom the plans were deposited and the council.”.