[196E Power to provide relief from enforcement of planning conditions]

[Relief from enforcement]

[196E  Power to provide relief from enforcement of planning conditions]

[(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a local planning authority in England may not take, or is subject to specified restrictions in how it may take, relevant enforcement measures in relation to any actual or apparent failure to comply with a relevant planning condition.

(2)     The Secretary of State may make regulations under subsection (1) only if the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to make the regulations for the purposes of national defence or preventing or responding to civil emergency or significant disruption to the economy of the United Kingdom or any part of the United Kingdom.

(3)     The power in subsection (1) may only be exercised in respect of an actual or apparent failure which occurs during

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