Planning and Development Act 2024
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Transitional provisions | ||
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421. (1) Where a function has been performed by a relevant person pursuant to a relevant provision for the purposes of, or relating to, the acquisition of land but such acquisition has not been completed before the relevant commencement— | ||
(a) that function shall, on and after the relevant commencement, be deemed to have been performed under the provision of this Part that is equivalent to that relevant provision, and | ||
(b) the further steps that need to be taken to complete such acquisition may be taken under one or more than one provision of this Part, and this Part shall be construed, with all necessary modifications, to enable those further steps to be taken. | ||
(2) In this section— | ||
“acquisition of land” shall be construed in accordance with section 213 of the Act of 2000; | ||
“land” includes any part of the maritime area that falls within paragraph (b) of the definition of “owner” in section 2 ; | ||
“relevant commencement” means the commencement of this Part; | ||
“relevant person” means— | ||
(a) a local authority, | ||
(b) An Bord Pleanála, | ||
(c) a Minister of the Government, | ||
(d) a sanitary authority or road authority referred to in section 217 of the Act of 2000, or | ||
(e) the High Court; | ||
“relevant provision” means a provision of section 213, 216, 217, 217A, 217B, 217C, 218, 219, 220, 221 or 223 of the Act of 2000. |