Part 3: Planning Construction working hours Section 19: Extension of duration of certain listed building consent
Section 19 provides for an extension of the duration of certain listed building consents, by temporarily modifying the effect of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 which is to be read as if a new section 18A were inserted in it (see subsection (1)). New section 18A will modify any condition that imposes a time limit for the commencement of works pursuant to a listed building consent where the time limit for commencement of works expires between 23 March 2020 and 31 December 2020. The time limit for commencement in such cases will be extended to 1 May 2021.
	Section 19(2) provides that the temporary modifications expire at the end of 1 May 2021.
	Section 19(3) enables the Secretary of State, if he considers it reasonable to do so to mitigate an effect of coronavirus, to make regulations to amend the duration of the extension of time limits referred to above, and consents to which such extensions apply, by substituting certain dates in the legislation with later dates, being:
the latest time limit for commencement which will be modified by this section 19 (set by this legislation as 31 December 2020);
the date to which relevant time limits will be modified (set by this legislation as 1 May 2021); and
the date on which the temporary modifications expire (set by this legislation as 1 May 2021).
	For an example of the effect of these provisions, please refer to Example 1 above under the notes for section 17.