Citation, commencement and extent

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Standard Daily Amount) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 18th December 2000.

(2) These Regulations extend to England only.

Application

2.-(1) These Regulations apply in relation to any person, other than a person described in paragraph (2) below, appointed by the Secretary of State to hold, or as one of the persons who are to hold, a qualifying inquiry opening on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.

(2) These Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who is appointed to conduct, or is appointed as one of the persons who are to conduct, an examination in public under section 35B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act")(2) and whose remuneration and travelling or subsistence allowances (if any) in respect of that appointment are to be paid as mentioned in section 303A(7) of the 1990 Act.

Standard daily amount

3. The standard daily amount prescribed under section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act is £467.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to England only, apply where the Secretary of State is authorised to recover costs borne by him in connection with unitary development plan, local plan or simplified planning zone inquiries or other hearings or examinations in public in respect of structure plans ("qualifying inquiries").

The Regulations specify a standard daily amount which may be charged for each day the person appointed to hold it is engaged in the conduct of the inquiry or other hearing or is otherwise engaged on work connected with it. The amount is £467 per day in relation to qualifying inquiries opening on or after 18th December 2000. This is an increase of approximately 8.6% of the previous standard daily amount of £430, prescribed in 1999 (S.I. 1999/327).

These Regulations do not apply in relation to a person who is appointed to conduct an examination in public, under section 35B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, where that person's remuneration and travelling or subsistence allowances (if any) are to be paid by the local planning authority. The Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Examination in Public) (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2311) apply in such cases.