38Saving for town and country planning
(1)The 1997 Act and any orders, regulations, rules, schemes and directions made or given thereunder and any restrictions or powers thereby imposed or conferred in relation to land shall apply and may be exercised in relation to any land notwithstanding that the development of that land is or may be authorised or regulated by or under this Act.
(2)In their application to development authorised by this Act, article 3 of, and Class 29 in Part 11 of Schedule 1 to, the 1992 Order (which permit, in certain cases, development authorised by an Act of Parliament) shall have effect as if—
(a)the authority to develop given by this Act were limited to development begun within 10 years after the date on which this Act comes into force;
(b)the powers conferred by this Act to provide facilities for the storage and handling of aviation fuel at Glasgow Airport were limited to the provision of facilities for the handling and storage of up to 3.5 million litres of aviation fuel, consisting of fuel tanks with a maximum height of 9 metres; and
(c)the word “viaduct,” were inserted after the word “aqueduct,” in paragraph 2(a) of Class 29 in Part 11 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order.
(3)Subsection (2)(a) shall not apply to the carrying out of any development consisting of the alteration, maintenance or repair of the authorised works or the substitution of new works therefor.