9 Development plans relating to National Parks.E+W
(1)In preparing a development plan, or proposals for any alterations of or additions to a development plan, for any area being or including the whole or any part of a National Park, [F1the authority or authorities who are required to prepare the plan or, as the case may be, who are entitled to alter or add to it] shall consult with [F2Natural England] and take into consideration any observations made by [F2Natural England].
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9(1) substituted (23.11.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 2(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2
F2 Words in s. 9(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 10(d); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F3 S. 9(2) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 60(4), 107(3)(b), Schs. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch. )
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 S. 9 applied (1.4.2001 for E. and 1.5.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 37 , s. 84(1)(b) (with s. 84(4)-(6) ); S.I. 2001/114 , art. 2(2)(e) ; S.I. 2001/1410 , art. 2(g)
C2S. 9: power to amend conferred by Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (2023 c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)