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“(5A)

No order may be made under section 88D(8) unless a draft of the

instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by

resolution of, each House of Parliament.”’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that an order made under section 88D(8) of the Planning (Listed

Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 will be subject to the affirmative resolution

procedure.

John Healey

525

Schedule  5,  page  127,  line  26,  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that the function of making a determination as to procedure under

section 88D of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 will remain with

the Secretary of State rather than being transferred to an appointed person.

John Healey

526

Schedule  5,  page  127,  line  30,  leave out ‘After sub-paragraph (5) of that paragraph’

and insert ‘In paragraph 2 after sub-paragraph (4)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This is a technical amendment consequential on amendment 525.

John Healey

527

Schedule  5,  page  127,  line  31,  leave out ‘(5A)’ and insert ‘(4A)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This is a technical amendment.

John Healey

528

Schedule  5,  page  127,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

After sub-paragraph (8) of that paragraph insert—

“(9)	Sub-paragraph (8) does not apply to references to the Secretary of

State in section 88D (powers and duties of the Secretary of State in

relation to the determination of procedure for certain

proceedings).”’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This purpose of this amendment is to prevent the Secretary of State functions under new section

88D of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 being converted into

functions of an appointed person.

John Healey

529

Schedule  5,  page  127,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(4B)

In the case of an appeal to which section 88D applies, the Secretary

of State must give the appellant, the local planning authority and

any person who has made any representations mentioned in sub-

paragraph (2) an opportunity to make further representations if the

reasons for the direction raise matters with respect to which any of

those persons have not made representations.”

(4A)	In sub-paragraph (5) of that paragraph after “(4)” insert “or (4B)”.’.

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Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes provision about further representations by the parties to appeals to which

section 88D of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 applies where

the Secretary of State has directed that the appeal should be determined by him rather than an

appointed person.

John Healey

530

Schedule  5,  page  128,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘21A	In section 20 (reference of applications to Secretary of State) after subsection

(4) insert—

“(4A)

Subsection (4) does not apply to an application referred to the

Secretary of State under this section instead of being dealt with by a

hazardous substances authority in England.”’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment disapplies the right to be heard in subsection (4) of section 20 of the Planning

(Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 in relation to cases referred to the Secretary of State under that

section instead of being dealt with by a local planning authority in England.

John Healey

531

Schedule  5,  page  128,  line  21,  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that the function of making a determination as to procedure under

section 21A the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 will remain with the Secretary of State

rather than being transferred to an appointed person.

John Healey

532

Schedule  5,  page  128,  line  25,  leave out ‘After sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph’

and insert ‘In paragraph 2 after sub-paragraph (4)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This is a technical amendment consequential on amendment 531.

John Healey

533

Schedule  5,  page  128,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

After sub-paragraph (8) of that paragraph insert—

“(9)	Sub-paragraph (8) does not apply to references to the Secretary of

State in section 21A (powers and duties of the Secretary of State in

relation to the determination of procedure for certain

proceedings).”’

Member’s explanatory statement

This purpose of this amendment is to prevent the Secretary of State functions under new section

21A of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 being converted into functions of an

appointed person.

John Healey

534

Schedule  5,  page  128,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(4B)

In the case of an appeal to which section 21A applies, the Secretary

of State must give the appellant, the hazardous substances authority

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and any person who has made any representations mentioned in

sub-paragraph (2) an opportunity to make further representations if

the reasons for the direction raise matters with respect to which any

of those persons have not made representations.”

(5A)	In sub-paragraph (5) of that paragraph after “(4)” insert “or (4B)”.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes provision about further representation by the parties to appeals to which

section 21A of the Hazardous Substances Act 1990 applies where the Secretary of State has

directed that the appeal should be determined by him rather than an appointed person.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

237

Page  124,  line  35,  leave out Schedule 5.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

590

Clause  162,  page  91,  line  35,  after ‘a’, insert ‘reasonable’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

425

Clause  162,  page  91,  line  40,  after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Except for an appeal under section

78 of this Act or section 20 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas)

Act 1990 against the failure of a local planning authority to take a planning decision,’.

John Healey

536

Clause  163,  page  92,  line  36,  after ‘owners’, insert ‘or developers’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment brings developers, as well as owners, within the class of persons potentially liable

to CIL.

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Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

591

Clause  163,  page  92,  line  36,  after ‘the’, insert ‘capital’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

238

Page  92,  line  29,  leave out Clauses 163 to 172.

Mr Clive Betts

437

Clause  164,  page  93,  line  12,  leave out ‘which authority’ and insert ‘that the local

planning authority (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act

1990)’.

John Healey

537

Clause  164,  page  93,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a county council, a county borough council, a district council, a London

borough council, a metropolitan district council, the Common Council of

the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is to enable CIL regulations to empower local authorities (as defined

in the amendment) which are not local planning authorities to charge CIL.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

592

Clause  164,  page  93,  leave out lines 15 to 18.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

37

Clause  164,  page  93,  line  17,  leave out from ‘London’ to end of line 18.

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Mr Clive Betts

438

Clause  164,  page  93,  line  19,  leave out subsection (3).

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

573

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  28,  at end insert ‘and’.

John Healey

538

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  29,  after ‘owner’ insert ‘or developer’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment follows amendment 536.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

574

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  30,  leave out from ‘it’ to end of line 33.

Mr Clive Betts

444

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)	CIL is not payable by incorporated companies whose primary purpose is

the provision and operation of infrastructure and whose profits are

applied solely for that purpose.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

593

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)	CIL shall not be payable in respect of development carried out by

registered charities’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

595

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)	CIL is payable only in respect of development which—

(i)	generates a significant extra demand for existing infrastructure,

or

(ii)	requires the provision of significant new infrastructure.’.

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John Healey

539

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  35,  at end insert ‘and’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment paves the way for amendment 542.

John Healey

540

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  38,  leave out ‘called))’ and insert ‘called, and whether

general or specific))’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment permits the definition of planning permission in regulations to cover general

permissions or consents for development such as those granted under local development orders

made under section 61A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

John Healey

541

Clause  165,  page  93,  line  38,  leave out ‘and’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment paves the way for amendment 542.

John Healey

542

Clause  165,  page  94,  line  1,  leave out paragraph (c).

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes paragraph (c) of clause 165(3) with some of its content being moved to

the new subsection (3A) that amendment 544 provides for.

John Healey

543

Clause  165,  page  94,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘, and

(d)	the time when planning permission first permits development (and the

regulations may, in particular, include provision about outline planning

permission and provision treating permission as having been given at a

particular time in the case of general consents).’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is to require CIL regulations to define what constitutes the time at

which planning permission first permits development for the purposes of CIL liability: in

particular, it allows for provision about outline planning permissions (which are approved in

stages) and general consents.

John Healey

544

Clause  165,  page  94,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The regulations must include provision for determining which owner or

developer is liable in respect of development; and the regulations may, in

particular—

(a)	define “owner”;

(b)	define “developer”;

(c)	provide for joint liability (including joint and several liability);

(d)	permit one or more persons to assume sole or joint and several liability;

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(e)	permit one or more persons to assume joint and several liability with a

person who is liable in accordance with the regulations;

(f)	provide for liability in default of assumed liability;

(g)	provide for transfer of liability (assumed or otherwise);

(h)	make provision about notices.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment requires CIL regulations to make provision for identifying which owner or

developer will be liable to pay CIL: in particular, it enables definitions of ‘owner’ and ‘developer’,

the imposition of joint and several liability and the transfer or assumption of liability.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

594

Clause  165,  page  94,  line  4,  leave out ‘whether or not’ and insert ‘where’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

597

Clause  166,  page  94,  line  10,  leave out ‘determining the amount of CIL’ and insert

‘local planning authorities to determine the amount of CIL as part of their local

development plan process.’.

John Healey

545

Clause  166,  page  94,  line  16,  at end insert ‘(which may include provision for

consultation, for the appointment of an independent person or a combination).’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is to ensure that CIL regulations may include provision for

consultation, and for examination by an independent person, in connection with setting or revising

CIL rates or criteria.

John Healey

546

Clause  166,  page  94,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The regulations may permit or require charging authorities, in setting or revising

rates or other criteria—

(a)	to have regard, to the extent and in the manner specified by the

regulations, to actual or expected costs of infrastructure (whether by

reference to lists prepared by virtue of section 167(3)(a) or otherwise);

(b)	to have regard, to the extent and in the manner specified by the

regulations, to actual or expected increase in value arising from planning

permission (calculated in accordance with the regulations);

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