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<Text>A plan-making authority must prepare its plan in accordance with—</Text>
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<Text>the procedure specified in regulations, and</Text>
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<Text>the delivery agreement for the plan.</Text>
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<Text>The delivery agreement for the plan consists of—</Text>
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<Text>the timetable for the preparation and adoption of the plan, and</Text>
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<Text>the authority’s community involvement scheme.</Text>
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<Text>The authority’s community involvement scheme is a statement of its policies for the involvement in the preparation of the plan of persons who are listed in the scheme.</Text>
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<Text>The persons listed in the community involvement scheme—</Text>
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<Text>must include the persons specified in regulations;</Text>
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<Text>may include any other persons the plan-making authority considers to have an interest in matters relating to the development and use of land in its area.</Text>
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<Text>The plan-making authority and the Welsh Ministers must attempt to agree the terms of the delivery agreement for the plan.</Text>
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<Text>But to the extent that they cannot agree the terms, the Welsh Ministers may direct that the delivery agreement must be in the terms specified in the direction.</Text>
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<Text>The plan-making authority must comply with the direction.</Text>
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<Text>Regulations may specify—</Text>
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<Text>the procedure to be followed in preparing a delivery agreement;</Text>
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<Text>circumstances in which the requirements of a delivery agreement need not be complied with.</Text>
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