The Planning Act 2008 is amended as follows.
In section 5(4) (statement may be designated as national policy statement only if consultation, publicity and parliamentary requirements have been complied with) after "have been complied with in relation to it" insert
In section 5 (national policy statements) after subsection (4) insert—
In section 5(9) omit paragraph (b) (designated statement must be laid before Parliament).
In section 6(7) (national policy statement may be amended only if consultation, publicity and parliamentary requirements have been complied with) after "have been complied with in relation to the proposed amendment" insert
In section 6 (review and amendment of national policy statements) after subsection (7) insert—
In section 6(8) (subsections (6) and (7) do not apply if amendment does not materially affect national policy) for "and (7)" substitute ." to (7A) "
After section 6 insert—
In section 8(1)(a) (local authorities within subsection (2) or (3) to be consulted about publicity required for proposed statement identifying a location) for "or (3)" substitute ." , (3) or (3A) "
In section 8(3) (consultation with local authorities that share a boundary with the local authority ("B") whose area contains a location) before the "and" at the end of paragraph (a) insert—
In section 8 (consultation on publicity requirements) after subsection (3) insert—
In section 8, after subsection (4) (meaning of "local authority") insert—
In section 9 (parliamentary requirements for national policy statements and their amendments) after subsection (7) insert—
Section 12 (power to designate pre-commencement statements of policy and to take account of pre-commencement consultation etc) is repealed.