Housing and Planning Act 1986

5 (1) In section 181 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (action by council on whom purchase notice is served)—

(a) in subsection (1)(c) (notice of unwillingness to comply with purchase notice: contents of notice) for the words from "and that they have transmitted" to the end substitute " and that they have transmitted to the Secretary of State a copy of the purchase notice and of the notice under this subsection " ;

(b) in subsection (3) (duty of council to transmit documents to Secretary of State) for the words from " they shall transmit" to the end substitute " then, before they take steps to serve that notice, they shall transmit to the Secretary of State a copy of the purchase notice together with a copy of the notice which they propose to serve ".

(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (action by council on whom listed building purchase notice is served)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) (notice of unwillingness to comply with purchase notice: contents of notice) for the words from " and that they have transmitted " to the end substitute " and that they have transmitted to the Secretary of State a copy of the purchase notice and of the notice under this subparagraph " ;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3) (duty of council to transmit documents to Secretary of State) for the words from " they shall transmit " to " reasons " substitute " then, before they take steps to serve that notice, they shall transmit to the Secretary of State a copy of the purchase notice together with a copy of the notice which they propose to serve under subparagraph (1)(c) ".