PART 8Joint plans
Joint plans: corresponding plan strategy or corresponding local policies plan30
1
In relation to an agreement mentioned in section 17(1), the period prescribed for the purposes of section 17(7) is three months starting on the day on which any council which is a party to the agreement withdraws from it.
2
A corresponding plan strategy or corresponding local policies plan for the purposes of section 17(5) is a plan strategy or local policies plan which—
a
does not relate to any part of the district of the council that has withdrawn from the agreement, and
b
with respect to the districts of the councils which prepared it, and has not withdrawn from the agreement, has substantially the same effect as the original joint plan.
3
In paragraph (2)(b), “original joint plan” means a joint plan strategy or a joint local policies plan prepared pursuant to the agreement mentioned in paragraph (1).