Planning and Development Act 2024

Deputy Planning Regulator

539. (1) There shall be a Deputy Planning Regulator designated in accordance with subsection (5) of section 557 .

(2) The Deputy Planning Regulator shall fulfil all duties and functions for the time being vested in the Planning Regulator during—

(a) any temporary absence of the Planning Regulator,

(b) any temporary incapacity of the Planning Regulator through illness or otherwise, or

(c) any occasion on which the office of the Planning Regulator stands vacant pending appointment of the Planning Regulator in accordance with section 540 .