{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/276",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANNING\nMade 22nd June 2006\nComing into operation 1st August 2006\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2(6) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\nThe Department is the appropriate department for the purposes of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.\nIn accordance with section 1(3) of that Act the Department considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications or electronic storage for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of such things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications or electronic storage than in other cases.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (except for art. 7, Sch. 2) (1.4.2015) by The Planning (2011 Act) (Commencement No.3) and (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/49), art. 5(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order applied (1.4.2015) by The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/74), reg. 45(3)(4)(b) (with reg. 44)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 c. 9 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See definition of “appropriate department” in section 2(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 8) and S.I.2006/1252 (N.I.7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/276/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:10.746115+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}