Town and Country Planning Act 1968

73 In section 16 (power of local planning authority to make tree preservation order with immediate effect)—

(a) in subsection (1), the words " by the Minister " shall be omitted; and

(b) for subsections (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—

“(2) Notwithstanding section 29(4) of the Planning Act, an order which contains such a direction shall take effect provisionally on such date as may be specified therein and shall continue in force by virtue of this section until—

(a) the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the date on which the order was made ; or

(b) the date on which the order is confirmed or, in the case of an order which can be confirmed only by the Minister, on which he notifies the authority who made the order that he does not propose to confirm it;

whichever first occurs.

(3) Provision shall be made by regulations under the Planning Act for securing—

(a) that the notices to be given of the making of a tree preservation order containing a direction under this section shall include a statement of the effect of the direotion ; and

(b) that where the Minister, in the case of an order which can be confirmed only by him, within the period of six months referred to in subsection (2) above, notifies the authority that he does not propose to confirm the order, copies of that notice shall be served on the owners and occupiers of the land to which the order related.”