Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 340 (C. 17)
Town And Country Planning, Wales
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 14 and Saving) Order 2015
Made
23rd February 2015
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 14 and Saving) Order 2015.
(2) In this Order “the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 .
Provisions coming into force on 22nd June 2015 in relation to Wales
2. To the extent that they are not already in force, the following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force, in relation to Wales, on 22nd June 2015:
(a) section 49;
(b) section 50;
(c) section 52; and
(d) section 54.
3. Insofar as it inserts subsection (3C) into section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990( 3 ), section 51(1)(b) of the 2004 Act shall come into force, in relation to Wales, on 22nd June 2015.
Saving
4. The duty in section 54(4) of the 2004 Act to give a substantive response to any consultation mentioned in subsection (2) of that section shall have no effect in relation to an application for planning permission, approval or consent under or by virtue of the planning Acts received by a local planning authority before 22nd June 2015.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
23rd February 2015
As to consultation with the Welsh Ministers see section 121(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) .