Moved by
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
216A: Schedule 7, page 294, line 19, at end insert—
“(3A) The Secretary of State may require the local planning authority to—
(a) reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in, or in connection with, appointing a person under subsection (3), or
(b) pay any fees and expenses of a person appointed by the Secretary of State under subsection (3).”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment allows the Secretary of State to require a local planning authority to reimburse the Secretary of State for expenditure incurred in connection with appointing a person to provide observations or advice on a proposed local plan or to pay any fees and expenses of that person.