Planning and Development Act 2024
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Publication of regional spatial and economic strategy | ||
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34. (1) Where a regional assembly makes a regional spatial and economic strategy or a revision to an existing strategy, it shall, within 4 weeks of the making of the strategy or revision, as the case may be— | ||
(a) publish notice of the making of the strategy or the revision on a website maintained by or on behalf of the regional assembly and in at least one newspaper circulating in the functional area of each local authority in the region for which the strategy is prepared, | ||
(b) send a copy of the notice to the persons specified in subsection (3), and | ||
(c) send a copy of the new regional spatial and economic strategy, or the strategy as revised, and any observations made by the Minister and the National Transport Authority under sections 32 and 33 to the Office of the Planning Regulator. | ||
(2) A notice under this section shall— | ||
(a) state that a copy of the new regional spatial and economic strategy, or the strategy as revised, is available for inspection at a place specified in the notice and on a website maintained by or on behalf of the regional assembly, and | ||
(b) comply with any applicable requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations and Part 6 . | ||
(3) The persons referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) are— | ||
(a) the Minister, | ||
(b) the Office of the Planning Regulator, | ||
(c) the Commission, | ||
(d) the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, | ||
(e) the National Transport Authority, | ||
(f) the local authorities within the regional assembly’s region, | ||
(g) other regional assemblies, | ||
(h) such other persons as may be prescribed, and | ||
(i) such other persons as the regional assembly considers appropriate. | ||
(4) A regional spatial and economic strategy, or a revision of an existing strategy, shall take effect 6 weeks after the date on which it is made by the regional assembly under section 32 or 33 . |