The Planning Act 2008 is amended as follows.
In section 211 (amount of levy) after subsection (7) insert—
For section 212(4) to (7) (draft must be accompanied by declaration of compliance with requirements, and examiner must consider the requirements and make recommendations with reasons) substitute—
After section 212 insert—
For section 213(1) (charging authority has to follow examiner's recommendations when approving charging schedule) substitute—
In section 213 (approval of charging schedules) after subsection (3) insert—
In section 213 after subsection (4) insert—
The amendments made by this section do not apply in relation to cases where an examiner submits recommendations to a charging authority before the coming into force of this section, but subject to that the cases in relation to which the amendments apply include a case in which steps in relation to the charging schedule have been taken before then.