Part 10A, Section 204V: Appeals Schedule 16: Locally-led development corporations: minor and consequential amendments Consequential amendments to the New Town Act 1981 Effect
Paragraph 7 amends section 1A (local authority to oversee development of new town) which has the effect of removing subsections (1), (2), (3) and (7) as a result of new section 1ZA and 1ZB which now cover the local authority proposal for a locally-led New Town and its designation; amending terminology from ‘local authority’ to ‘oversight authority’ in subsection (4) and removing the definition of specified in subsection (8) paragraph (a) as a result of removing subsection (2).
	Paragraph 8 inserts new subsection (1A) into section 2 (reduction of designated areas). The effect of this change is that the Secretary of State must have consent from the oversight authority before making any changes to exclude areas of land from the area designated as a locally-led New Town.
	Paragraph 9 amends section 80 (general interpretation), which sets out general interpretation and definitions. Paragraph 9(2) of this Schedule provides new definitions of key terms. These terms are "locally-led development corporation", "locally-led new town", and "oversight authority". Paragraph 9(3) applies the existing reference to the area of a new town to a locally led new town designated under 1ZB.