20(1)Section 319B (determination of procedure for certain proceedings) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)In a case where an application has been made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D, 62M or 62O, they must also notify any representative persons they consider appropriate.”
(3)In subsection (7), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)an application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D, including proceedings relating to any secondary consent in respect of which, by virtue of its connection to that application, section 62F(2) applies;
(zb)an application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62M or 62O;”.
(4)After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A)For the purposes of this section as it applies where an application has been made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D, 62M or 62O—
“the local planning authority” means the local planning authority to which, but for the section in question, the application would have been made;
“representative persons” are prescribed persons, or persons of a prescribed description, who appear to the Welsh Ministers to be representative of interested persons;
“interested persons” are persons, other than the applicant and the local planning authority, who appear to the Welsh Ministers to have an interest in the proceedings.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 20 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 20 in force for specified purposes at 6.9.2015, see s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b)
I2Sch. 4 para. 20 in force at 1.3.2016 for specified purposes by S.I. 2016/52, art. 3(e)