Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

19 (1) The Environment Act 1995 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 67 (which makes provision for a National Park authority to be the local planning authority) subsections (2) to (4) are omitted.

(3) In Schedule 14 (periodic review of mineral planning permissions) in paragraph 2(1), in the definition of “first review date”, for “paragraph 5” there is substituted “paragraphs 3A and 5”.

(4) In Schedule 14 after paragraph 3 there is inserted the following paragraph—

“3A(1) The Secretary of State may by order specify a first review date different from the first review date found in pursuance of paragraph 3(1) or (2).

(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies if no first review date is found in pursuance of paragraph 3(1) or (2).

(3) The Secretary of State may by order specify a first review date.

(4) An order under sub-paragraph (3) may make different provision for different cases or different classes of case.

(5) An order under this paragraph must be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”