# The Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and come into operation on 1st April 2015.
(2) In these Regulations a reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the GDPO” means the Planning (General Development Procedure) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 ;
“appointed officer” means a person appointed by the council for the purposes of section 31(1)(a);
“appropriate council” means the council for the district in which the land to which the application relates is situated;
“council” means a district council;
“EIA development” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/71/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-development-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-1
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