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Planning (Development Plans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/382 · Made 18 September 2006

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PLANNING

Made 18th September 2006

Coming into operation 17th October 2006

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(6), 6(5), 10 and 129(1) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1991 No. 1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I. 2006/1252 (N.I.7)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
  3. 3Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
  4. 4Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
  5. 5Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
  6. 6Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Plans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 17th October 2006.

2Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

The Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.

3Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

In the shoulder note to regulation 11 (public local inquiries) for the words “public local inquiries” there shall be substituted “independent examinations”.

4Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

In regulations 11, 12 and 13(1)(f) for the words “a public local inquiry” there shall be substituted “an independent examination”.

5Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

In the shoulder note to regulation 12 (report of public local inquiry) and in regulation 13(1)(e) for the words “public local inquiry” there shall be substituted “independent examination”.

6Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

In regulations 11 and 13 for the word “inquiry” there shall be substituted “examination”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 18 September 2006.

L.S.

Marianne Fleming

A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend regulations 11, 12 and 13 of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 to replace references in regulations 11, 12 and 13 to “public local inquiries”, “public local inquiry” and “inquiry” by references to “independent examinations”, “independent examination” and “examination”.

The amendments are required following substitution of Article 7 of and amendment to Article 8 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 by the Planning Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (No. 1252 (N.I. 7)) to provide for independent examination for the purpose of considering objections to a development plan or to the alteration, repeal or replacement of a development plan.