Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15DB: Independent examination: supplementary plans Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) set out that relevant plan-making authorities must submit supplementary plans for independent examination to either the Secretary of State, or an appropriately qualified person.
	Subsections (3) to (8) set out procedural matters for the independent examination of supplementary plans. These include the purpose of the examination, the general rule that examinations of supplementary plans must take the form of written representations, the circumstances in which the examiner must hold a hearing and the functioning of the "right to be heard".
	Subsections (9) to (12) cover the conclusions that may be reached by the examiner. They set out when the examiner must recommend that a plan is adopted, adopted with modification or that the plan is withdrawn.
	Subsection (13) requires relevant plan-making authorities to publish the recommendations and reasons they receive from an examiner under this section.