SCHEDULES

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

PART 1Amendments of the Planning Act 2008

Deciding how application is to be handled

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1

Amend section 61 (initial choice of Panel or single Commissioner) as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (which refers to acceptance of an application by the Commission) for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

3

For subsections (2) to (5) (person appointed to chair Commission must make initial choice after consultation within the Commission and having regard to Secretary of State's guidance) substitute—

2

The Secretary of State must decide whether the application—

a

is to be handled by a Panel under Chapter 2, or

b

is to be handled by a single appointed person under Chapter 3.

3

The Secretary of State must publish the criteria that are to be applied in making decisions under subsection (2).

4

In the heading for “Commissioner” substitute “ appointed person ”.