Article 3 Regional development strategy

(1)

The Department shall formulate, in consultation with other Northern Ireland departments, a regional development strategy for Northern Ireland, that is to say a strategy for the long-term development of Northern Ireland.

(2)

Any act which—

(a)

was done at any time before the coming into operation of this Order by the Department of the Environment under Article 3 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and

(b)

could have been done under this Article had it been in operation at that time,

shall have effect as if done by the Department under this Article.