Planning and Development Act 2024

Review of performance of Commission by Governing Board

504. (1) The Governing Board shall supply the Minister with such information relating to the performance of the Commission’s functions as he or she may request.

(2) The Governing Board, or the chief executive officer on the request of the Governing Board, shall conduct, at such intervals as it considers appropriate or at such times as the Minister directs and, in any event, not less than once every 3 years, a review of the Commission’s organisation and of the systems and procedures used by the Commission in relation to the consideration and determination of appeals, applications, referrals or requests.

(3) The Governing Board shall report to the Minister the results of the review conducted under subsection (2).

(4) The Governing Board shall comply with any requirement which the Minister may, after consultation with the Governing Board as regards the results referred to in subsection (3), impose in relation to all or any of the matters which were the subject of the review.

(5) The Governing Board may make submissions to the Minister as regards any matter pertaining to the Commission’s functions.

(6) The Minister may consult with the Governing Board as regards any matter pertaining to the performance of—

(a) the functions of the Commission, or

(b) the functions conferred on the Minister by or under this Act or by or under any other enactment.

(7) A direction given under subsection (2) of section 109 of the Act of 2000 that, immediately before the repeal of that subsection by section 6 , had not yet been complied with shall be deemed to have been given under subsection (2).