Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) Regulations 1981
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1981/558 |
| Year | 1981 |
1981 No. 558
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING,
ENGLAND AND WALES
The Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) Regulations 19817thApril 1981
15thApril 1981
6thMay 1981
The Secretary of State for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 149(5) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980(a) and sections 270(1) and (2) and 287(1) of and Schedule 21, Part V, to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971(b) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) Regulations 1981, and the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1976(c) and these regulations may be cited together as the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1976 and 1981.
(2) These regulations shall come into operation on 6th May 1981.
2. The Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1976 are hereby amended as follows:—
(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation):—
(i) in paragraph (1):—
(a) for the definition of "local planning authority" shall be substituted:—
" "local planning authority" means a county planning authority, a district planning authority, the council of a London borough, the Greater London Council, the Common Council and an urban development corporation where it is a local planning authority by virtue of an order made under section 149 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980";
(b) after the definition of "local planning authority " shall be inserted:—
" "urban development area" means an area of land for the time being so designated by an order made under section 134 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
(a) 1980 c. 65.
(b) 1971 c. 78.
(c) S.I. 1976/1419.
"urban development corporation" means a corporation established by an order made under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.";
(ii) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (1):—
"(1A) Except so far as the context otherwise requires, "authority", except in regulation 6, shall be construed as including an urban development corporation where it is the local planning authority.";
(b) for regulation 3 (application of Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971) shall be substituted:—
"3. In relation to—
(a) development by a local authority being a local planning authority (other than the Greater London Council, the council of a London borough, the Common Council or...
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