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General duty of Board.
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4.— (1) (a) It shall be the duty of the Board to ensure that appeals, references and other matters with which it is concerned are disposed of as expeditiously as may be and, for that purpose to take all such steps as are open to it to ensure that, in so far as is practicable, there are no avoidable delays at any stage in the consideration of such appeals, references and other matters.
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(b) The Board shall conduct, at such intervals as it thinks fit or the Minister directs, reviews of its organisation and of the systems and procedures used by it in relation to appeals, references and other matters with which it is concerned.
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(c) Where the Minister gives a direction under this section, the Board shall report to the Minister the results of the review conducted pursuant to the direction and shall comply with any directive which the Minister may, after consultation with the Board as regards such results, give in relation to all or any of the matters which were the subject of the review.
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(2) The Board may make submissions to the Minister as regards any matter pertaining to its functions.
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(3) The Minister may consult with the Board as regards any matter pertaining to the performance of—
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(a) the functions of the Board, or
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(b) the functions assigned to the Minister by or under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1983, or by any other enactment or by any order, regulation or other instrument thereunder.
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(4) (a) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section are without prejudice to the provisions specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
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(b) The provisions referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection are—
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(i) the provisions of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1983, or of any regulations made thereunder which relate to the performance by the Board of its functions,
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(ii) the provisions of any other enactment, order, regulation or other instrument thereunder which so relates.
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