(1)This section applies where a permit scheme is prepared and submitted to the appropriate national authority (“the authority”) in accordance with section 33(1) or (2).
(2)The authority may approve the scheme with or without modifications.
(3)Where it approves the scheme with modifications, references in subsections (4) and (5) to the scheme are to be read as references to the scheme as so modified.
(4)The scheme shall not have effect unless the authority by order gives effect to it.
(5)An order under subsection (4)—
(a)must set out the scheme and specify the date on which the scheme is to come into effect, and
(b)may (in accordance with permit regulations) include provisions which disapply or modify enactments to the extent specified in the order.