HL Deb 01 November 1999 vol 606 c692

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)—

  1. (a) after "Secretary of State" in the first place where it occurs there shall be inserted "or the council of a London borough", and
  2. (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".