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New Towns Act 1981

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77Regulations and orders

(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations for the purpose of prescribing anything which is authorised or required to be prescribed under this Act.

(2)Regulations under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)The power to make orders under sections 1, 2, 40 to 42 and 60 above is exercisable by statutory instrument, and the power conferred by section 14 of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978 (implied power to amend)—

(a)does not apply to an order under section 40 above, but

(b)does apply to any other order under this Act (as well as to those under sections 1, 2, 41, 42 and 60) as if that order were made by statutory instrument.

(4)A statutory instrument containing an order under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament if—

(a)the order is under section 1 and—

(i)the order is one designating an area as the site of a proposed new town, or one designating an additional area of not less than 500 acres which would extend the area of a new town by not less than 10 per cent., and

(ii)an objection to the order was duly made by a county planning authority and had not been withdrawn at the time the order was made ; or

(b)the order is under section 2 or section 42.

(5)An order under section 39(5) or section 60 above shall be of no effect until it is approved by a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament.

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