(1) A local authority shall prepare, in respect of its functional area, a map in draft form (in this Part referred to as a 'draft map') -
(a) indicating land that, based on the information available to it, it considers to be land satisfying the relevant criteria one month prior to the date specified in subsection (2), and
(b) specifying -
(i) the date on which, based on the information available to it, it considers that land referred to in paragraph (a) first satisfied the relevant criteria, where that date is after 1 January 2022, and
(ii) the total area, in hectares, of land referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) A local authority shall, not later than 1 November 2022 -
(a) publish a draft map on the website maintained by it, and
(b) make a copy of the draft map available for inspection at its offices.
(3) A local authority shall publish, not later than 1 November 2022, a notice in accordance with subsection (4) in one or more newspapers circulating in its functional area.
(4) The notic
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