[F1[F27D(1)Subsections (4) to (7C) of section 20 apply to an examination held under paragraph 7C(2)—E+W
(a)with the reference to the local planning authority in subsection (7C) of that section being read as a reference to the upper-tier county council, and
(b)with the omission of subsections (5)(c), (7)(b)(ii) and (7B)(b).
(2)The upper-tier county council must give reasons for anything they do in pursuance of paragraph 7B or 7C(4).
(3)The lower-tier planning authority must reimburse the upper-tier county council—
(a)for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7B and which the lower-tier planning authority failed or omitted to do as mentioned in that paragraph;
(b)for any expenditure that the upper-tier county council incur in connection with anything which is done by them under paragraph 7C(2).
(4)In the case of a joint local development document or a joint development plan document, the upper-tier council may apportion liability for the expenditure on such basis as the council considers just between the authorities for whom the document has been prepared.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 11; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 4(1)(e)
F2Sch. A1 paras. 7A-7D inserted (16.1.2018) by Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20), s. 46(1), Sch. 2 para. 4; S.I. 2018/38, reg. 2(c)