http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/361Planning (Wales) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-06-16Expert Participation2026-04-28 PART 14ADMINISTRATION AND VALIDITYCHAPTER 1EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS OF PLANNING AUTHORITIESArrangements for exercise of functions relating to applicationsPower to require functions to be exercised by committees, sub-committees or officers 361 1 Regulations may require a planning authority to make arrangements under section 101 of the Local Government Act for any of its relevant functions to be exercised by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority. 2 The regulations may specify the terms of the arrangements (which may include exceptions) and any permitted variations in those terms. 3 Where arrangements required by the regulations are in force in relation to a relevant function of a planning authority, the function may only be exercised in accordance with the arrangements (and section 101(4) of the Local Government Act does not apply). 4 In this Chapter “relevant function” means a function exercisable in relation to an application under or by virtue of this Act. S. 361 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)