LegalizePLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018
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Act to amend and extend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018 and for that purpose to establish an office, to be known as the Office of the Planning Regulator, to evaluate and carry out assessments relating to planning matters and provide observations and recommendations in relation to those matters, to conduct reviews and examinations and to conduct education and training programmes and research in relation to planning matters; to provide for the organisation and staffing of that Office; to provide for a National Planning Framework; to provide for certain planning and development requirements to be taken into account by Irish Water; to make miscellaneous and consequential amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to various other Acts in so far as they relate to planning and development; to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990; to give effect to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for marine spatial planning; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
An Act to amend and extend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018 and for that purpose to establish an office, to be known as the Office of the Planning Regulator, to evaluate and carry out assessments relating to planning matters and provide observations and recommendations in relation to those matters, to conduct reviews and examinations and to conduct education and training programmes and research in relation to planning matters; to provide for the organisation and staffing of that Office; to provide for a National Planning Framework; to provide for certain planning and development requirements to be taken into account by Irish Water; to make miscellaneous and consequential amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to various other Acts in so far as they relate to planning and development; to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990; to give effect to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 20141 establishing a framework for marine spatial planning; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[19th July, 2018] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1 Preliminary and General
1. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018.
- (2) This Act, other than Part 4 and Schedule 3 at reference numbers 12 to 18, and the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 may be cited together as the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018 and shall be construed together as one.
- (3) This Act (other than section 2 and Part 4 and where otherwise expressly provided for) comes into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders, either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions.
2. Interpretation
2. In this Act—
“Act of 2016” means the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016;
“Minister” means Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government;
“Principal Act” means the Planning and Development Act 2000.
3. Expenses
3. The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
PART 2 Office of the Planning Regulator
4. Office of the Planning Regulator
4. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following Part after Part IIA (inserted by the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008):
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