
1 
This Order may be cited as the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (Commencement No. 12) Order 1988.
2 
Subject to article 3 of this Order, the following provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 shall come into force on 17th November 1988 (“the commencement date”)—
 section 42 (recovery of Minister’s costs in connection with inquiries),
 section 49(2) (miscellaneous repeals) in so far as it effects the repeals specified in the Schedule to this order.
3 
Article 2 does not apply—
(a) where the inquiry was opened before the commencement date; or
(b) where the inquiry does not take place and the principal parties were, before the commencement date, notified of a date for the opening of the inquiry.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
11th October 1988Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
14th October 1988
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Chapter Short Title Extent of repeal
1968 c. 14 Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 In Schedule 3, in paragraph 6, the entry relating to section 290(4) of the Local Government Act 1933.
1972 c. 70 Local Government Act 1972 In section 250(4), the words from “(including” to “in the inquiry)”.
1976 c. 70 Land Drainage Act 1976 In section 96(5), the words from “(including” to “in the inquiry)”.
1984 c. 27 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 In section 129(1)(d), the words “(including” to “in the inquiry)”.