18In section 9—
(a)in subsection (3)(b) (requirement as regards local plan) the words " or as the Secretary of State may in any particular case direct " shall cease to have effect;
(b)in subsection (5) (explanation and illustration of local plan), the words " , or as may in any particular case be specified in directions given by the Secretary of State " shall cease to have effect;
(c)in subsection (8) (time for Secretary of State to give any directions as regards local plan)—
(i)for the words " either before or after " there shall be substituted the words " only before "; and
(ii)the words "; but no such directions shall require a planning authority to take any steps to comply therewith until the structure plan has been approved by him " shall cease to have effect; and
(d)in subsection (9) (planning authority to have regard to certain matters in formulating proposals in local plan), the words ", or which the Secretary of State may in any particular case direct them to take into account" shall cease to have effect.