The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made: 28th June 2006

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation: 24th July 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 123A (6) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[^f00001]:

Citation and commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 24th July 2006.

Amendment of the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006

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• (1) The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00002] shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In Rule 2(1) delete the definition of “electronic communication” in its entirety and insert—

• “electronic communication” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00003];

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Constitutional Affairs — Dated 28th June 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the definition of “electronic communication” in the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 to accord with the current definition provided by section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, as amended by the Communications Act 2003.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I.2003/430(N.I.8) and S.I.2006/1252 (N.I.7)

[^f00002]: S.R. 2006 No. 215

[^f00003]: S.I. 2001 c. 9