Subject to subsection (3), the Secretary of State may by order amend, repeal, revoke or disapply any enactment (whenever passed or made) which requires a local authority to prepare, produce or publish any plan or strategy relating to any particular matter so far as that enactment has effect in relation to a local authority in England.
The power under subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to—
The power under subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to a local authority only if the Secretary of State considers—
The power under subsection (1) to amend or disapply an enactment includes a power to amend or disapply an enactment for a particular period.
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An order under this section which would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument shall proceed in that House as if it were not such an instrument.
In this section "enactment" includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978).