Planning and Development Act 2024
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Appointment of ordinary planning commissioners | ||
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507. (1) Subject to subsection (5) of section 495 , the Governing Board shall, following the making of a recommendation under section 508 , appoint persons to be ordinary planning commissioners. | ||
(2) The Governing Board shall ensure, in so far as is practicable, that— | ||
(a) the ordinary planning commissioners are persons who, in the opinion of the Governing Board, have satisfactory experience of, or a satisfactory mix of experience and knowledge of, one or more than one of the following: | ||
(i) infrastructure delivery; | ||
(ii) housing; | ||
(iii) physical planning; | ||
(iv) sustainable development; | ||
(v) architecture; | ||
(vi) heritage; | ||
(vii) community affairs; | ||
(viii) social affairs; | ||
(ix) planning; | ||
(x) environment; | ||
(xi) the marine; | ||
(xii) climate change; | ||
(xiii) law and corporate governance, | ||
and | ||
(b) there is an equitable balance between men and women amongst the ordinary planning commissioners. |