Statutory Instruments
Town And Country Planning
Made
18th April 2017
Laid before Parliament
19th April 2017
Coming into force
16th May 2017
The Secretary of State has been designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the environment.
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 71A(1) and (2) and 298A(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(3), and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 2011/92/EU(4), makes the following Regulations:
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
1990 c.8. Section 71A was inserted by section 15 of the 1991 Act, and was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 12 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and S.I. 2011/1043.
OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1.