The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the training of members of local planning authorities in their exercise of such relevant planning functions as are prescribed.
Such regulations must provide for satisfactory completion of the training to be evidenced by a certificate valid for a prescribed period (a "certificate of completion").
A member of a local planning authority who does not hold a valid certificate of completion is prohibited from—
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—
Regulations under subsection (1) must require a local planning authority to publish on their website which of their members hold valid certificates of completion.
The validity of anything done in the exercise of a prescribed relevant planning function is not affected by any breach of subsection (3).
In this section—
This section applies in relation to a relevant planning function conferred on a mineral planning authority as if references to a local planning authority were to a mineral planning authority in England.
In this section, "relevant planning function" means—
In subsection (9) any reference to a function under an enactment includes a function under an instrument made under the enactment.