Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15AF: Alteration of strategy Effect
Subsection (1) sets out that the participating authorities may prepare and adopt alterations to an adopted joint SDS.
	Subsection (2) enables the Secretary of State to direct the participating authorities to make amendments.
	Subsection (3) provides that the preparation and adoption of any such amendments are subject to the same consultation, examination and adoption requirements as the original joint SDS, namely the provisions within sections 15AB to 15AD.
	Subsection (4) provides that where the alterations are in response to the withdrawal of a participating authority, but that the joint SDS for the remaining authorities is substantially the same, then no further consultation (under 15AB) or examination (under 15AC) is required.