§ 8.—(1) Section 253 shall be amended as follows.
§ (2) In subsection (1) (power to publish certain orders in draft before planning permissions making the orders necessary are granted)—
- (a) after "Secretary of State" in the first place where it occurs there shall be inserted "or the council of a London borough", and
- (b) after "Secretary of State" in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted "or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough".
§ (3) In subsection (5) (saving of restriction on power to make order until planning permission granted) after "Secretary of State" there shall be inserted "or the council of a London borough".