STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 335 of 2001

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2000 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 2001

Dublin

Published by the Stationery Office

S.I. No. 335 of 2001

Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 2001

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 270 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 ( No. 30 of 2000 ) hereby orders as follows:

1.   This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 2001.

2.   The following provisions of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 shall come into operation -

(a)  section 2 insofar as it relates to the sections referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this article,

(b)  Chapter I of Part VI, and

(c)  section 264 and the Sixth Schedule insofar as they relate to the repeals effected by article 3 of this Order.

3.    Section 3 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 ( No. 20 of 1976 ) and sections 2, 3 (as inserted by section 1 (a) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1998 (No. 9 of 1998) ), 5, 7, 8 (as amended by section 1(b) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, Act, 1998) and 12 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1983 (No. 28 of 1983) are repealed.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings Chapter I of Part VI of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 into force which relates to the composition and membership of An Bord Pleanála. The provisions in the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1999 which this Chapter replaces are repealed.