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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
S. 1	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(a)
S. 2	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment.
S. 3	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(a)
S. 4	3 April 2019	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 133 of 2019), art. 2(a)
S. 5 except to the extent that they relate to the amendments of the Principal Act specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite reference numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 16 in column (1) of that Schedule.	3 April 2019	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 133 of 2019), art. 2(b)
S. 5 to the extent that it relates to the amendments of the Principal Act specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite reference numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 16 in column (1) of that Schedule.		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Ss. 6, 7	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 8	8 February 2020	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 44 of 2020), art. 2
Ss. 9-20	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 21(a), (b)	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 21(c)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 22	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 23(1)-(3)	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 23(4)	17 December 2021	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 714 of 2021), art. 2
S. 23(5)(a), (b)	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 23(5)(c)	3 April 2019	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 133 of 2019), art. 2(c)
S. 23(6)	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
Ss. 24-32	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
Ss. 33, 34		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Ss. 35-39	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 40		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 41	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 42		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Ss. 43, 44	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 45	3 April 2019	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 133 of 2019), art. 2(d)
S. 46 in respect of a new development plan of a planning authority to which Planning and Development Act 2000, s. 11(1) will relate where the planning authority first gives notice, after the passing of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018, of its intention under s. 11(1) to review its existing development plan and to prepare a new development plan for its area	19 July 2018	S. 46(2)
S. 46 other than in respect of a new development plan of a planning authority to which Planning and Development Act 2000, s. 11(1) will relate where the planning authority first gives notice, after the passing of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018, of its intention under s. 11(1) to review its existing development plan and to prepare a new development plan for its area	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
Ss. 47, 48	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 49		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 50	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 50(2)
S. 51	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 51(2)
S. 52	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 52(2)
S. 53	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 53(2)
S. 54	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 54(2)
S. 55	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 55(2)
S. 56	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(b)
S. 57	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment as per s. 57(2)
Ss. 58-65	19 July 2018	Commenced on enactment.
Ss. 66-76	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(c)
Sch. 1 except to the extent that it relates to the amendments of the Principal Act specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite reference numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 16 in column (1) of that Schedule	3 April 2019	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 133 of 2019), art. 2(b)
Sch. 1 to the extent that it relates to the amendments of the Principal Act specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite reference numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 16 in column (1) of that Schedule		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Schs. 2-4	22 October 2018	Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), art. 2(d)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act, other than Part 4 and Schedule 3 at reference numbers 12 to 18, included in collectively cited Planning and Development Acts	s. 1(2)
Certain functions transferred to Mayor of Limerick and references construed	7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10 & sch. 1 parts 1, 2
S. 1 certain commencement arrangements qualified	Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), ss. 23, 28(5)
S. 34 repealed	European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), regs. 2(1), 4(2)
Part. 5 (ss. 66-76) repealed	Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), ss. 1(5), 12(3)
S. 66(1) amended	Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (28/2021), ss. 1(2), 20(3), schedule 2
Sch. 2, ref. 66, column 3 amended	European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), regs. 2(1), 44

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None