The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 59 (W. 29)

Town And Country Planning, Wales

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016

Made

27 January 2016

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

1 February 2016

Coming into force

16 March 2016

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 61Z, 62ZA, 62ZB, 71ZA, 71ZB, 100A and 333(4B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1), and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 61A, 62, 65, 71 and 74 of that Act(2) now exercisable by them(3), and in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004(4) also now exercisable by them(5), make the following Order:

(1)

1990 c. 8. Section 61Z was inserted by section 17 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4). Sections 62ZA and 62ZB were inserted by section 29 of that Act. Section 71ZA was inserted by section 33 of that Act. Section 71ZB was inserted by section 34 of that Act. Section 100A was inserted by section 37 of that Act. Section 333(4B) was substituted by section 55 of, and paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 7 to, that Act.

(2)

Section 61A was inserted by section 41(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (“the 2004 Act”) and was amended by sections 188, 238 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c.29). Section 62 was substituted by section 42 of the 2004 Act and amended by section 17 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. Section 71 was amended by section 16(2) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 7 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34).

(3)

The functions of the Secretary of State so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). See also section 118(3) of the 2004 Act.

(4)

2004 c. 5.

(5)

The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006.