24Review of principal areas following new town order
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(1)This section applies where, under section 1 of the New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64) (designation of areas of land for new towns)—
(a)the Welsh Ministers have made an order which designates any area of land as the site of a new town, and
(b)the area of the new town so designated is not wholly comprised within a principal area.
(2)The Welsh Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of operation of the order, give notice to the Commission specifying the principal areas affected by the order.
(3)The Commission must, on receipt of a notice under subsection (2), conduct a review under section 23 of any principal areas specified in the notice.