The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2878
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1990 Act ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ;

“ the Act ” means the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013;

“the Development Management Procedure Order ” means the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 ;

“draft local development order” means a local development order which has been prepared by a local planning authority in England in accordance with article 34(1) of the Development Management Procedure Order, but has not yet been adopted by the local planning authority;

“local development order” has the meaning given in section 61A of, and Schedule 4A to, the 1990 Act.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 9th December 2013

Subject to article 3, section 5 of the Act (local development orders: repeal of pre-adoption intervention powers) comes into force on 9th December 2013.

Section 3 Transitional and saving provisions

(1) Where consultation on a draft local development order in accordance with article 34(5) of the Development Management Procedure Order begins on or after 9th December 2013 the amendments in section 5(1) to (5) of the Act shall apply to that order.

(2) Where consultation on a draft local development order in accordance with article 34(5) of the Development Management Procedure Order begins before 9th December 2013, section 61B of, and Schedule 4A to, the 1990 Act shall apply to that order without the amendments in section 5(1) to (5) of the Act.