Part IV Areas of outstanding natural beauty

I183 Procedure for designation orders.

1

Where F1 Natural England or the F7NRBW propose to make an order under section 82, F1Natural England or the F7NRBW shall consult every local authority whose area includes any part of the area to which the proposed order is to relate.

2

Before making the order, F2Natural England or the F7NRBW shall then publish, in the London Gazette and in one or more newspapers circulating in the area of every such local authority, notice that they propose to make the order, indicating the effect of the order and stating the time within which and manner in which representations with respect to the proposed order may be made to F2Natural England or the F7NRBW (as the case may be), and shall consider any representations duly made.

3

An order under section 82 shall not come into operation unless and until confirmed—

a

in the case of an order made by F3Natural England , by the Secretary of State, or

b

in the case of an order made by the F7NRBW, by the National Assembly for Wales,

and, in submitting any such order to the Secretary of State or the Assembly, F3Natural England or F7NRBW shall forward to the Secretary of State or the Assembly any representations made by a local authority consulted under subsection (1) or made by any other person under subsection (2), other than representations to which effect is given by the order as submitted to the Secretary of State or the Assembly.

4

The Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may confirm an order submitted to him or it under this section either as submitted or with such modifications as the Secretary of State or the Assembly thinks expedient.

5

Before refusing to confirm an order under section 82, or determining to confirm it with modifications, the Secretary of State shall consult F4Natural England and every local authority whose area includes any land to which the order as submitted, or as proposed to be modified, relates.

6

Before refusing to confirm an order under section 82, or determining to confirm it with modifications, the National Assembly for Wales shall consult the F7NRBW and every local authority whose area includes any land to which the order as submitted, or as proposed to be modified, relates.

7

An order under section 82 may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order under that section.

8

Without prejudice to the powers of F5Natural England or the F7NRBW to vary an order under section 82, the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may by order vary any order under that section made by F5Natural England or the F7NRBW; and subsection (1) applies to any order under section 82 made by the Secretary of State or the Assembly by virtue of this subsection with the substitution for references to F5Natural England of references to the Secretary of State and for references to the F7NRBW of references to the Assembly.

9

It is the duty of F6Natural England and the F7NRBW to secure that copies of any order under section 82 relating to England or, as the case may be, to Wales, are available for inspection by the public at all reasonable times—

a

at the office of F6Natural England or, as the case may be, the F7NRBW,

b

at the offices of each local authority whose area includes any part of the area to which the order relates, and

c

at such other place or places in or near that area as F6Natural England or, as the case may be, the F7NRBW may determine.