SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10 Minor and consequential amendments relating to National Parks

The 1972 Act

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1

In subsection (1)(a) of section 80 of the 1972 Act (disqualification for persons holding appointments made or confirmed by a local authority or connected authority), after “joint committee” there shall be inserted “ or National Park authority ”; and after subsection (2) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsections—

2A

Subsection (2) above shall have effect as if the reference to a joint board included a reference to a National Park authority.

2B

For the purposes of this section a local authority shall be treated as represented on a National Park authority if it is entitled to make any appointment of a local authority member of the National Park authority.

2

In section 184 of the 1972 Act (functions under countryside legislation)—

a

at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to section 68 of the Environment Act 1995 (planning authority functions under National Parks legislation to be functions of National Park authorities in certain cases), ”; and

b

in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for the words “subsections (6) to (8) below” there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (7) and (8) below ”.

3

In subsection (3) of that section, for the words “sections 9 and 11” there shall be substituted the words “ section 9 ”.