Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15HC: Liability for Secretary of State’s costs of intervention Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) update the former provisions in former section 27(9) and 27(10) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Subsection (1) provides a power for the Secretary of State to require the relevant authority whose plan was the subject of intervention under any of sections 15H to 15HB to reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure relating to such intervention action, or to pay the costs of a local plan commissioner directly where they are appointed under section 15HA(3). Subsection (2) provides that, in the case of a joint local or supplementary plan, the Secretary of State may apportion liability for the intervention between the authorities.
	Subsection (3) defines the meaning of "relevant authority" in this section.