Planning and Development Act 2024
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Orders and regulations | ||
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4. (1) The Minister may by regulations provide for any matter referred to in this Act (other than Chapter 2 of Part 9 ) as prescribed or to be prescribed. | ||
(2) Regulations under this Act (other than Chapter 2 of Part 9 ) may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations. | ||
(3) The Minister shall, before making regulations under this Act, consult with any State authority in which functions vest that he or she considers are connected with the matters to which the proposed regulations relate. | ||
(4) Where regulations are proposed to be made under— | ||
(a) subsection (6), | ||
(b) subsection (1) of section 9 , or | ||
(c) subsection (2) of section 478 , | ||
a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made unless and until a resolution approving the draft is passed by each such House. | ||
(5) Every order (other than an order under subsection (3) of section 1 ) of the Minister and every regulation (other than a regulation referred to in subsection (4)) of the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. | ||
(6) If, in any respect, any difficulty arises in bringing any provision of this Act into operation or in relation to the operation of any such provision, the Minister may, by regulations, do anything which appears to him or her to be necessary or expedient for removing that difficulty, for bringing that provision into operation or for securing or facilitating its operation, and any such regulations may modify any provision of this Act in so far as may be necessary or expedient for carrying such provision into effect for the purposes aforesaid, but no regulations shall be made under this section in relation to any provision of this Act after the expiration of 3 years commencing on the day on which the provision comes into operation. |