Planning and Development Act 2024
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PART 9 Judicial Review and Decision-Making | ||
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Chapter 1 Part 9 Judicial Review | ||
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Interpretation | ||
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278. (1) In this Part— | ||
“environmental legal costs financial assistance mechanism” means the scheme established by section 295 ; | ||
“legal practitioner” has the meaning it has in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 ; | ||
“Part 9 judicial review” shall be construed in accordance with section 279 ; | ||
“Part 9 judicial review proceedings” means proceedings relating to Part 9 judicial review including any interim or interlocutory applications arising from such proceedings; | ||
“relevant body” means— | ||
(a) a planning authority or local authority, | ||
(b) the Commission, | ||
(c) a Minister of the Government, | ||
(d) the Office of the Planning Regulator, | ||
(e) the competent authority within the meaning of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 , | ||
(f) the Government, or | ||
(g) a regional assembly; | ||
“sufficient interest” shall be construed in accordance with section 286 . | ||
(2) A reference in this Part to the date on which a relevant body fails to perform a function shall, in relation to Part 9 judicial review proceedings concerning a decision that is alleged to have been made (in whole or in part) as a result of the failure or alleged failure, be read as a reference to the date of that decision. |