Schedule 8 | Transitional Provisions: Parts 1 And 2 | Planning And Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 C5

SCHEDULE 8 Transitional Provisions: Parts 1 and 2

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SCHEDULE 8 Transitional Provisions: Parts 1 and 2

Section 119 Development plan

(1) During the transitional period a reference in an enactment mentioned in section 38(7) above to the development plan for an area in England is a reference to—

(a) the RSS for the region in which the area is situated or the spatial development strategy for an area in Greater London, and

(b) the development plan for the area for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the principal Act.

(2) The transitional period is the period starting with the commencement of section 38 and ending on whichever is the earlier of—

(a) the end of the period of three years;

(b) the day when in relation to an old policy, a new policy which expressly replaces it is published, adopted or approved.

(3) But the Secretary of State may direct that for the purposes of such policies as are specified in the direction sub-paragraph (2)(a) does not apply.

(4) An old policy is a policy which (immediately before the commencement of section 38) forms part of a development plan for the purposes of section 27 or 54 of the principal Act.

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