PART 2SDP Procedure: preparation

Chapter 3Form and content of SDP

Form and content13.

(1)

An SDP must contain—

(a)

a title which—

(i)

gives the name of the area for which the SDP is prepared, and

(ii)

specifies that it is an SDP;

(b)

a sub-title which specifies—

(i)

the date of its adoption or approval and the expiry date of the period in relation to which it has effect, or

(ii)

where it is an emerging SDP—

(aa)

the period in relation to which it is proposed to have effect,

(bb)

the stage reached, and

(cc)

its date of publication;

(c)

a reasoned justification of the policies contained in it.

(2)

Those parts of the SDP which comprise its policies as required by section 60M(2)(b) of the 2004 Act and those which comprise the reasoned justification required by paragraph (1)(c) must be readily distinguishable.

(3)

In this regulation, an “emerging SDP” means a document proposed as either an SDP or a revision to an SDP which—

(a)

is made available for inspection and published pursuant to regulation 18, 21 or 23, and

(b)

has neither been adopted by the CJC under section 67(3) of the 2004 Act, nor approved by the Welsh Ministers under section 65(9)(a) or 71(4)(b) of that Act.