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Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act | 
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6. Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by— | 
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(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | 
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“(2) (a) A local authority whose functional area is within the region of a regional assembly shall, not later than 3 years after either— | 
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(i) the first making of a regional spatial and economic strategy under this Chapter, or | 
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(ii) the first revision of a regional spatial and economic strategy continued in force by virtue of section 41, | 
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prepare, and submit to that regional assembly, a report setting out progress made by the local authority in supporting the objectives of the regional spatial and economic strategy applicable to the functional area of that local authority. | 
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(b) A local authority whose functional area is within the region of a regional assembly shall, not later than 3 years after the preparation of a monitoring report in accordance with subsection (4), prepare, and submit to that regional assembly, a report setting out progress made by the local authority in supporting the objectives of the regional spatial and economic strategy applicable to the functional area of that local authority.”, | 
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and | 
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(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | 
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“(3) (a) A regional assembly may, not later than 3 years after either— | 
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(i) the first making of a regional spatial and economic strategy under this Chapter, or | 
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(ii) the first revision of a regional spatial and economic strategy continued in force by virtue of section 41, | 
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request any person referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 31 to prepare, and submit to the regional assembly, a report setting out progress made by that person in supporting the objectives of the regional spatial and economic strategy applicable to that person. | 
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(b) A regional assembly may, not later than 3 years after the preparation of a monitoring report in accordance with subsection (4), request any person referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 31 to prepare, and submit to the regional assembly, a report setting out progress made by that person in supporting the objectives of the regional spatial and economic strategy applicable to that person.”. |