228Power to make different provision for different areas, including areas of special control(1)

Control of advertisements regulations may make different provision for different areas.

(2)

The regulations may, in particular, make different provision for areas designated as areas of special control by orders made or approved by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with the regulations.

(3)

That provision may include provision prohibiting—

(a)

the display of all advertisements in an area of special control, or

(b)

the display of all advertisements in such an area except advertisements of a description specified in the regulations.

(4)

The regulations must provide that the Welsh Ministers may not make or approve an order designating an area as an area of special control unless it is—

(a)

a rural area, or

(b)

an area that the Welsh Ministers consider requires special protection on the grounds of amenity.

(5)

Regulations making provision under subsection (2) must make provision about the procedure to be followed before the Welsh Ministers make or approve an order designating an area as an area of special control, including provision about—

(a)

the publication, in a way specified in the regulations, of notice of the intention to make or approve the order;

(b)

the consideration of representations;

(c)

the holding of inquiries or other hearings.