Paragraph 1

after the definition of “district fishery board”, insert–

• ““electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f1;”;

for the definition of “local advertisement”, substitute–

• ““local advertisement means–

  1. (a)

     the publication of a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application relates is situated; and

  2. (b)

     where the planning authority maintain a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, by publication of the notice on the website;”.