(1) The Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) Regulations 1997 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (classes of appeal for determination by appointed persons), after paragraph (e), add—
(f) appeals under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (appeals relating to old mining permissions).
(3) In regulation 4 (classes of appeal reserved for determination by the Secretary of State), at the end add—
where the Secretary of State or the appropriate Minister has given a direction for section 266 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to have effect in relation to the appeal (and the direction has not been revoked).