(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the seventh commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).
Article 2 brings the following provisions of the 2015 Act into force on 7 January 2021, so far as they are not already in force—
(a)section 5 (strategic planning areas: survey),
(b)section 6 (preparing and revising strategic development plans),
(c)paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Schedule 1 (strategic planning panels), and
(d)paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(1) to (6), 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 and 34(2) and (3)(b) of Schedule 2 (development planning: further amendments).