Planning and Development Act 2024

Application of Chapter

279. (1) This Chapter applies to an application for judicial review (in this Part referred to as “Part 9 judicial review”) made to the High Court in which a party—

(a) questions the validity of any decision made or act done in the performance, or purported performance, of a function by a relevant body under this Act, or questions the alleged failure of a relevant body to perform such a function, and

(b) seeks an order of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or quo warranto, or seeks declaratory relief.

(2) A person shall not—

(a) question the validity of any decision made or act done in the performance, or purported performance, of any function under this Act by a relevant body, or

(b) question the alleged failure of a relevant body to perform a function referred to in paragraph (a),

otherwise than by way of an application for judicial review brought in accordance with this Part and with the applicable Rules of the Superior Courts.