S.I. No. 405/2010 - Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th August, 2010.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010.

2. The 19th of August 2010 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 30 of 2010) come into operation:

(a) sections 1, 2, 3 and 4;

(b) sections 26, 28 and 29;

(c) section 37;

(d) sections 42 and 46;

(e) sections 53, 54, 55 and 56;

(f) sections 58, 64, 66 and 68;

(g) sections 70, 71 and 73;

(h) section 81.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,

19 August 2010.

JOHN McCARTHY,

A person authorised under section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the commencement of specific sections in Parts 1 (Preliminary and General), 2 (Amendment of Principal Act) and 3 (Amendment of certain Acts) of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 , with effect from 19th August 2010.

It is proposed to commence under a separate order on the 28th of September 2010, sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and section 57, insofar as it relates to Part XAB (sections 177R, 177S, 177U, 177V, 177W, 177X, 177Y, 177Z, 177AA, 177AB, 177AC, 177AD, 177AE and subsections 177T(1), 177T(2), 177T(3), 177T(4), 177T(5) and 177T(6) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 177T(7)), 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 72, 76, 77 and 78.

A number of other sections and related consequential amendments will commence at a later date. These include sections 38, 74, 75, 79 and 80 and section 57, insofar as it relates to Part XA and Part XAB, subsection 177T(7)(a).