Part 7 E+WMulti-area agreements

Revision of multi-area agreementsE+W

132Revision proposalsE+W

(1)At any time while a multi-area agreement has effect by virtue of section 127 or 129, the responsible authority—

(a)may prepare and submit to the Secretary of State a revision proposal, and

(b)must do so if the Secretary of State so directs.

(2)In this Part “revision proposal”, in relation to a multi-area agreement, means a document proposing any or all of the following—

(a)the enlargement of the area covered by the agreement;

(b)changes to improvement targets specified in the agreement;

(c)the removal of improvement targets from the agreement;

(d)the addition of improvement targets to the agreement;

(e)the extension of the period specified in the agreement for which the agreement has effect.

(3)A revision proposal that proposes changes to an improvement target must specify—

(a)each person to whom the target relates, and

(b)where it does not relate to the whole of the area covered by the agreement, the part or parts of the area to which it relates.

(4)A revision proposal that proposes the addition of an improvement target must specify—

(a)each person to whom the target would relate, and

(b)where the target would not relate to the whole of the area covered by the agreement, the part or parts of the area to which it would relate.

(5)A direction under this section—

(a)may specify the date by which a revision proposal must be submitted to the Secretary of State;

(b)may be varied or revoked.