The Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 978

Infrastructure Planning

The Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

2nd September 2021

Laid before Parliament

6th September 2021

Coming into force

1st October 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 42(1)(a), 56(2)(a), 88(3A), 114(2) and 123(4) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Planning Act 2008(1):

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2021.

(3) An amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent and application as the provision amended.

Amendment to the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

2.—(1) The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In column 1 (consultee) of the table in Schedule 1, in the entry relating to Public Health England, for “Public Health England” substitute “United Kingdom Health Security Agency”.

Amendment to the Infrastructure Planning (Compulsory Acquisition) Regulations 2010

3.—(1) The Infrastructure Planning (Compulsory Acquisition) Regulations 2010(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In column 1 (persons to be notified) of the table in Schedule 2, in the entry relating to Public Health England, for “Public Health England” substitute “United Kingdom Health Security Agency”.

Amendment to the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011

4.—(1) The Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011(4) are amended as follows.

(2) In column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 (consultation and notification), in the entry relating to Public Health England, for “Public Health England” substitute “United Kingdom Health Security Agency”.

Amendment to the Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015

5.—(1) The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015(5) are amended as follows.

(2) In column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 (statutory parties), in the entry relating to Public Health England, for “Public Health England” substitute “United Kingdom Health Security Agency”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Greenhalgh of Fulham

Minister of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

2nd September 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend four statutory instruments relating to nationally significant infrastructure projects—

(a) the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 (regulation 2),

(b) the Infrastructure Planning (Compulsory Acquisition) Regulations 2010 (regulation 3),

(c) the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 (regulation 4),

(d) the Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015 (regulation 5).

The amendments update references to Public Health England in lists of bodies contained in the above Regulations (lists of bodies to be consulted or notified) by replacing those references with references to the United Kingdom Health Security Agency. The United Kingdom Health Security Agency takes over relevant functions of Public Health England on 1st October 2021.

An impact assessment has not been published as no substantial impact on the private, public or voluntary sector is anticipated.

(1)

2008 c. 29. Section 42(1) was amended by section 23(1) and (2) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23); section 88 was amended by section 138(1) and (5) of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); section 114(2) was amended by section 128(2) to, and paragraphs 1 and 55 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 was amended by paragraphs 1 and 72 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 and section 28 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7). For the meaning of “prescribed” see section 235(1) of the Planning Act 2008.

(2)

S.I. 2009/2264; amended by S.I. 2013/522 and 2018/378. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(3)

S.I. 2010/104; amended by S.I. 2013/522 and 2018/378. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(4)

S.I. 2011/2055; amended by S.I. 2013/522 and 2018/378. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(5)

S.I. 2015/462; amended by S.I. 2018/378. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.