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Amendment made: No. 31, in page 87, line 23, after 'Act', insert:
', except so far as it provides for Joint Planning Inquiry Commissions and'.—[Dr. Dickson Mabon.]
| TABLE | |
| Referred matter | Responsible Ministers |
| (1) Application for planning permission or appeal— | |
| (a) relating to operational land of statutory undertakers, or to land in the case of which there are present the circumstances mentioned in section 69(2) of this Act, or the corresponding provision of the Act of 1968. | The Secretary of State, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the appropriate Minister (if different). |
| (b) relating to other land. | The Secretary of State and the Minister of Housing and Local Government. |
| (2) Proposal that a government department should give a direction under section 32 of the Act of 1947 or section 41 of the Act of 1962, or that development should be carried out by or on behalf of a government department. | The Secretary of State, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Minister (if different) in charge of the government department concerned. |
§ 2. In this Schedule—
- (a) 'the Act of 1962' and 'the Act of 1968' mean respectively the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1968;
- (b) 'commission' means a Joint Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under section (Commissions to inquire into planning matters affecting Scotland and England) of this Act; and
- (c) 'referred matter' means a matter referred to a commission under that section.
§ 3. Where this Schedule refers to the appropriate Minister, the local authority or the local planning authority, the reference shall be construed, according to its context, as if it were contained in the Act of 1947 or in the Act of 1962.
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§ 4. Two or more of the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of section (Commissions to inquire into planning matters affecting Scotland and England) of this Act may be referred to the same commission if it appears to the responsible Ministers that they relate to proposals to carry out development for similar purposes on different sites.
§ 5. Where a referred matter relates to a proposal to carry out development for any purpose at a particular site, the responsible Ministers may also refer to the commission the question whether development for that purpose should be instead carried out at an alternative site, whether in Scotland or in England, or partly in one and partly in the other.