The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1330 (W. 123)

Town And Country Planning, Wales

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015

Made

20 May 2015

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

22 May 2015

Coming into force

22 June 2015

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 55, 65, 69, 71, 78, 78A and 333 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) (“the 1990 Act”) now exercisable by them(2), and in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004(3) (“the 2004 Act”), also now exercisable by them(4), make the following Order:

(1)

1990 c. 8. Section 55(2A) and (2B) was inserted by section 49 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (“the 2004 Act”). Section 65 was substituted by section 16(1) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) (“the 1991Act”) and amended by section 40 of, and paragraph 35(2) of the Schedule to, the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (c. 8). Section 69 was substituted by section 118 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 6 to, the 2004 Act and amended by section 190 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29) (“the 2008 Act”) (see section 69(9) for the definition of “prescribed”). Section 71 was amended by section 16(2) and section 32 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 7 to, the 1991 Act. Section 78 was amended by section 17(2) of the 1991 Act, section 196(4) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(a) of Schedule 10 to, the 2008 Act and section 197 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 11 to, the 2008 Act. Section 78A was inserted by section 50 of the 2004 Act. Sections 49 and 50 of the 2004 Act come into force, to the extent that they are not already in force, on 22 June 2015 by virtue of S.I. 2015/340.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and see section 118(3) of the 2004 Act. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(3)

2004 c. 5. Section 54 comes into force, to the extent that it is not already in force, on 22 June 2015 by virtue of S.I. 2015/340.

(4)

The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006.