S.I. No. 335/2001 - Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 2001.

2. The following provisions of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

shall come into operation -

(a) section 2 insofar as it relates to the sections referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this article,

(b) Chapter I of Part VI, and

(c) section 264 and the Sixth Schedule insofar as they relate to the repeals effected by article 3 of this Order.

3.

Section 3

of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976

(No. 20 of 1976) and sections 2, 3 (as inserted by

section 1

(

a

) of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1998

(No. 9 of 1998)), 5, 7, 8 (as amended by

section 1

(

b

) of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1998

) and

12

of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act,1983

(No. 28 of 1983) are repealed.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Environment and Local Government this 20

th

day of July, 2001.

Noel Dempsey

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings Chapter I of Part VI of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

into force which relates to the composition and membership of An Bord Pleanála. The provisions in the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1999 which this Chapter replaces are repealed.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 270

of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

(No. 30 of 2000) hereby orders as follows