8. The authority has drawn up outline fall-back proposals—
(a)without having taken reasonable steps to undertake the consultation required by section 27(3) or, as the case may be, regulation 17(4) or regulation 20(3)(a)(?);
(b)without having undertaken that consultation in a manner which is fair and consistent with guidance as to the manner of such consultation; or
(c)without having had due regard to the response to that consultation;