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The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004

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PART 5AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS

Availability of direction made by the Secretary of State under section 10(1)

19.  Where the Secretary of State issues a direction under section 10(1), the RPB to which the direction is issued must–

(a)make that direction available for public inspection at its principal office during office hours, and

(b)publish that direction on its website.

Availability of other documents: general

20.—(1) This regulation does not apply to a document made available or published under regulation 21.

(2) Copies, documents, directions, matters, or statements which under these Regulations are–

(a)made available for inspection, or

(b)published on a website,

may be removed at the end of the period of six weeks referred to in section 113(4) (period for challenging the validity of certain strategies, plans and documents) that applies as regards the strategy, plan or document concerned.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply if a challenge is made as mentioned in that paragraph and shall not apply until any challenge proceedings are finally determined.

Availability of the Regional Spatial Strategy

21.—(1) An RPB must—

(a)make a copy of the RSS for its region available for inspection at its principal office during office hours, and

(b)publish the RSS on its website.

(2) Where the Secretary of State revokes an RSS in its entirety the RPB for the region concerned must cease to make it available for inspection (whether on its website or at its principal office).

Duty to provide copies of documents

22.—(1) Where–

(a)a person makes a document available for inspection under these Regulations,

(b)that document is not published as required by or under Part 1 of the Act, and

(c)the person is asked by another person for a copy of that document,

the person first mentioned must provide a copy of the document to that other person as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of that other person’s request.

(2) A person who provides a copy–

(a)under paragraph (1), or

(b)of a document published as required by or under Part 1 of the Act,

may make a reasonable charge for the copy.

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