The Local Inquiries, Qualifying Inquiries and Qualifying Procedures (Standard Daily Amount) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Made3 October 2011

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales4 October 2011

Coming into force1 April 2012

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred:

(a)
by section 42(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (“the 1986 Act”)1 on any Minister authorised, under or by virtue of those statutory provisions specified in section 42(1)2 of that Act or to which that section is applied3 to recover costs incurred by the Minister in relation to an inquiry, which powers are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers4;
(b)
upon the Secretary of State by section 303A(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”)5 and now exercisable, in relation to the areas of certain local planning authorities within Wales by the Welsh Ministers6; and
(c)
upon the National Assembly, as the appropriate authority, by section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act7 which powers are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers8.

Title, commencement and application1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Local Inquiries Qualifying Inquiries and Qualifying Procedures (Standard Daily Amount) (Wales) Regulations 2011 and they come into force on 1 April 2012.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations—

“local inquiry” (“ymchwiliad lleol”) means an inquiry in relation to which the Welsh Ministers are entitled to recover their costs under or by virtue of section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 19729 (general provision as to costs of inquiries) or section 69(5) of the Land Drainage Act 199110(costs of an inquiry under that Act);

“qualifying inquiry” (“ymchwiliad cymwys”) means a qualifying inquiry within the meaning of that term in section 303A(1) of the 1990 Act (insofar as that section continues to have effect without the amendment inserted by section 118 of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 6 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”)) and held in relation to the area of a local planning authority in respect of which the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 200511 continue to have effect in accordance with article 3(3) of that Order;

“qualifying procedure” (“gweithdrefn gymwys”) means a qualifying procedure within the meaning of that term in section 303A(1A) of the 1990 Act12 and held in relation to the area of a local planning authority in respect of which the repeals set out in Schedule 1 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005 have effect in accordance with article 2(g) of that Order.

Persons, inquiries and procedures to which these Regulations apply3.

These Regulations apply in relation to—

(a)

a local inquiry; and

(b)

any person appointed by the Welsh Ministers to hold, or as one of the persons so appointed who are to hold, a qualifying inquiry; and

(c)

any person appointed by the Welsh Ministers to hold a qualifying procedure.

Standard daily amount for local inquiries4.

The standard daily amount prescribed pursuant to section 42(4) of the 1986 Act for a local inquiry opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £742.

Standard daily amount for qualifying inquiries5.

The standard daily amount prescribed pursuant to section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act for a qualifying inquiry opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £679.

Standard daily amount for qualifying procedures6.

The standard daily amount prescribed pursuant to section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act for a qualifying procedure opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £679.

Revocations and savings7.

The Local Inquiries, Qualifying Inquiries and Qualifying Procedures (Standard Daily Amount) (Wales) Regulations 200713 are revoked, otherwise than in relation to an inquiry to which those Regulations applied and which opened before, and remains open after 1 April 2012 and in relation to a qualifying procedure which started before, and remains ongoing after 1 April 2012.

John Griffiths

Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, one of the Welsh Ministers

3 October 2011

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply where the Welsh Ministers are authorised to recover from local authorities costs borne by the Welsh Ministers in connection with:

(a)

inquiries held under section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (including compulsory purchase order inquiries to which relevant provisions of that section are applied by section 5 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981) and section 69 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“local inquiries”);

(b)

qualifying inquiries as defined by section 303A(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (inquiries held in relation to Unitary Development Plans and consideration of objections to simplified planning zone schemes) (“qualifying inquiries”); and

(c)

qualifying procedures as defined by section 303A (1A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (independent examinations held in relation to Local Development Plans and inquiries in relation to consideration of objections to simplified planning zone schemes) (“qualifying procedures”).

These Regulations prescribe the standard daily amounts which may be recovered by the Welsh Ministers for each day on which—

(a)

a local inquiry sits or the person appointed to hold the local inquiry is otherwise engaged on work connected with it; or

(b)

the person appointed to undertake a qualifying inquiry or, as the case may be, a qualifying procedure is engaged on work connected with the qualifying inquiry or qualifying procedure.

The standard daily amount in relation to local inquiries opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £742. This replaces the amount of £722, which was prescribed by the Local Inquiries, Qualifying Inquiries and Qualifying Procedures (Standard Daily Amount) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/728) (W.64) (“the 2007 Regulations”) for inquiries opening on or after 1 April 2007.

The standard daily amount in relation to qualifying inquiries opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £679. This is the same as the amount previously prescribed by the 2007 Regulations for qualifying inquiries opening on or after 1 April 2007.

The standard daily amount in relation to qualifying procedures opening on or after 1 April 2012 is £679. This replaces the amount of £640 which was prescribed by the 2007 Regulations for qualifying procedures opening on or after 1 April 2007.

These Regulations revoke the 2007 Regulations, but make savings in respect of local inquiries and qualifying inquiries which opened before 1 April 2012 and which remain open, and in respect of qualifying procedures which started before 1 April 2012 and which remain ongoing.