Planning And Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 133/2019

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th April, 2019.

I, EOGHAN MURPHY, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3) of section 1 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 16 of 2018), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The 3rd day of April 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the following provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 16 of 2018) shall come into operation:

(a) Part 2;

(b) section 5 and Schedule 1 (except to the extent that they relate to the amendments of the Principal Act specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite reference numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 16 in column (1) of that Schedule);

(c) paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section 23; and

(d) section 45.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 April 2019.

EOGHAN MURPHY

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order commences the sections of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 which provide for the establishment and the functions of the Office of the Planning Regulator.