(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Structure and Local Plans) Regulations 1982 to take into account the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986. The Act allows simplified procedures to be followed where a local planning authority propose to alter, repeal or replace a local plan and it appears to them that the issues involved are not of sufficient importance to warrant the full procedure set out in section 12 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, and permits the Secretary of State to direct a local planning authority to consider modifying local plan proposals. The amendments made take account of these changes and also amend the 1982 Regulations to reflect the re-numbering of sections of the 1971 Act brought about by the 1986 Act.