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Revocations and savings

25.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1981(1) (“the 1981 Rules”) and rule 2(3) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Town and Country Planning (Various Inquiries) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1986 (2) are hereby revoked.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the 1981 Rules shall continue to apply to any local inquiry held for the purposes of—

(a)an enforcement appeal made before 1st September 1992;

(b)an application or appeal to which section 196(1) of the Planning Act, as originally enacted, refers (established use certificates).

(3) In the application of the 1981 Rules by virtue of paragraph (2)—

(a)the reference to rule 2(1)(d) in rule 3, 6(1)(b) and 6(4) of the 1981 Rules shall be treated as a reference to rule 2(1)(e) of those Rules; and

(b)the reference to rule 2(1)(a), (b) or (c) in rule 6(1)(a) of the 1981 Rules shall be treated as including a reference to rule 2(1)(d) of those Rules.