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Government order for disregard of time limits in certain circumstances
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403. (1) Where the Government is satisfied that the spread of infectious disease, or another matter or event, makes it impossible or unduly difficult to comply with periods or time limits specified by or under this Act, it may by order, at the request of the Minister made after consultation with such other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate, specify a period which shall, for the purpose of calculating any such period or time limit, be disregarded.
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(2) The period to be disregarded under an order referred to in subsection (1) shall be such period as the Government considers is necessary and appropriate for the purposes of—
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(a) facilitating the performance by the appropriate authority, the Office of the Planning Regulator or the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, as the case may be, of its functions under this Act, and
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(b) permitting a person to fulfil any obligation, or do any thing which he or she is entitled to do, under this Act.
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(3) The Government may, if it considers it necessary and appropriate to do so for the purposes referred to in subsection (2), and at the request of the Minister made after consultation with such other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate, by order—
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(a) before the expiry of the period specified in the order under subsection (1), specify a date later than the date specified in that order on which the period to be disregarded under subsection (1) shall end, and
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(b) thereafter, from time to time, but before the expiry of the period specified in the order made under paragraph (a), or where an order has been previously made under this paragraph, before the expiry of the period specified in the last order so made, specify a date later than the date specified in that order, on which the period to be disregarded under subsection (1) shall end.
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