26.—(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the local planning authority, that—
(a)a discontinuance notice should be served under regulation 8; or
(b)an area of special control order, or an order revoking such an order, should be made under regulation 20,
she may herself serve such a notice or make an order.
(2) Where the Secretary of State exercises her powers under paragraph (1)—
(a)regulations 8 and 17 (in relation to sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph); and
(b)regulation 20 and Schedule 5 (in relation to sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph),
shall apply in relation to her as they apply in relation to a local planning authority as if for references to the local planning authority there were substituted references to the Secretary of State.