Planning and Development Act 2024
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Holding of event by local authority | ||
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486. (1) A local authority shall hold an event only in accordance with this section and regulations made under it. | ||
(2) The Minister may prescribe the requirements to be complied with by a local authority in holding an event under subsection (1), which may include any or all of the following: | ||
(a) the publication by the local authority of a notice with respect to the event it proposes to hold under subsection (1) (in this section referred to as a “proposed event”); | ||
(b) the notification or consultation by the local authority of any specified person or persons; | ||
(c) the making available for inspection, by members of the public, of documents, particulars, plans or other information with respect to the proposed event; | ||
(d) the making of submissions with respect to a proposed event to the local authority within a specified period of time; | ||
(e) other matters in relation to a proposed event that the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(3) (a) Where a period of time stands prescribed under paragraph (d) of subsection (2), the chief executive of a local authority in which the proposed event is to take place shall, after the expiration of that period, prepare a written report in relation to the proposed event and submit the report to the members of the local authority. | ||
(b) A report prepared in accordance with paragraph (a) shall— | ||
(i) specify the proposed event, | ||
(ii) specify the conditions to which it is proposed that the holding of the proposed event will be subject, | ||
(iii) list the persons who made submissions with respect to the proposed event in accordance with regulations under subsection (2), | ||
(iv) summarise the issues raised in any such submissions or observations and state the response of the chief executive to them, and | ||
(v) recommend whether or not the proposed event should be held. | ||
(c) The members of the local authority shall, as soon as practicable after a report is submitted to them under paragraph (a), consider the proposed event and the report. | ||
(d) Following the consideration of the chief executive’s report under paragraph (c), the proposed event may be carried out as recommended in the chief executive’s report, unless the members of the local authority, by resolution, decide to vary or modify the event, otherwise than as recommended in the chief executive’s report, or decide not to proceed with the event. | ||
(e) A resolution under paragraph (d) shall be passed not later than 6 weeks after receipt of the chief executive’s report by the members of the local authority. | ||
(4) A reference in this section to a condition is a reference to any condition that may be imposed under subsection (4) of section 479 . |