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Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act
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17. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by inserting the following subsection:
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“(1A) The Minister or the Office of the Planning Regulator may, in relation to a local area plan, make such recommendations as the Minister or that Office, as the case may be, considers appropriate.”,
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(b) in subsection (3), by—
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(i) substituting the following clause for clause (II) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c):
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“(II) provide a summary of—
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(A) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Minister, where the notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) was sent before the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator,
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(B) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Office of the Planning Regulator, and
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(C) the submissions and observations made by any other persons,
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in relation to the draft local area plan in accordance with this section,”,
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and
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(ii) substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (l):
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“(ii) provide a summary of—
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(I) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Minister, where the notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) was sent before the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator,
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(II) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Office of the Planning Regulator, and
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(III) the submissions and observations made by any other persons,
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in relation to the draft local area plan in accordance with this section,”,
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and
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(c) by inserting the following subsection:
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“(5) In this section ‘statutory obligations’ includes, in relation to a local authority, the obligation to ensure that the local area plan is consistent with—
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(a) the objectives of the development plan,
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(b) the national and regional development objectives specified in—
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(i) the National Planning Framework, and
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(ii) the regional spatial and economic strategy,
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and
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(c) specific planning policy requirements specified in guidelines under subsection (1) of section 28.”.
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