SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Infrastructure Planning Commission: transfer of functions to Secretary of State

PART 1Amendments of the Planning Act 2008

Acceptance of applications

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1

Amend section 55 (acceptance by Commission of applications) as follows.

2

For “Commission” (in each place) substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

3

In subsections (2), (4) and (6) for “it” (in each place) substitute “ the Secretary of State ”.

4

In subsection (7)—

a

for “it cannot accept the application, it” substitute “ the application cannot be accepted, the Secretary of State ”, and

b

in paragraph (b) for “its” substitute “the Secretary of State's”.