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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991No. 2272 (C.68)
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND
The Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1991
Made
9th October 1991
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as respects Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 84(2) and (3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991[1] ) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order—
Citation and interpretation 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1991.
(2) In this Order—
"the 1990 Act" means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[2];
"the 1991 Act" means the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.
Provisions coming into force on 13th October 1991 2. The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 13th October 1991—
(a) section 6(6) (which extends to England and Wales only);
(b) section 61 (which extends to Scotland only) so far as it relates to paragraph 45 of Schedule 13.
Provisions coming into force on 25th October 1991 3.—(1) The following provisions of the 1991 Act (which extend to England and Wales only) shall come into force on 25th October 1991—
(a) section 12(1), so far as it substitutes a new section 106 of the 1990 Act;
(b) section 12(2) and (3);
(c) section 32, so far as it relates to paragraphs 6, 9(2)(h), and 53(9) of Schedule 7.
(2) Section 83 (which extends throughout the United Kingdom) shall come into force on 25th October 1991.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.
Article 2 brings into force, on 13th October 1991, section 6and section 61, so far as it relates to paragraph 45 of Schedule 13, of the 1991 Act. Section 6(6) amends section 303(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which enables fees to be imposed in respect of deemed applications for planning permission. Section 61 and paragraph 45 of Schedule 13 amend section 87(3) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), which contains an equivalent enabling provision with respect to Scotland.
Article 3 brings into force, on 25th October 1991, section 12(1) of the 1991 Act, so far as it replaces section 106 of the 1990 Act with a substitute section 106, together with sections 12(2) and 12(3). The substituted section 106 introduces the concept of planning obligations and contains more extensive powers than the previous section relating to planning agreements. Sections 12(2) and (3) make provision in respect of the application of planning obligations to Crown land. Article 3 also brings into force certain minor and consequential amendments, including one amendment to taxation legislation applying throughout the United Kingdom.
The following provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order: