S.I. No. 684/2006 - Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2006

1. This Order may be cited as the

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

(Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2006.

2. In this Order, ‘the Act’ means the

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

.

3. On 31

st

January 2007, sections 3, 4, 5, 6(b), (c) and (d), 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 49, 50 and 51 of the Act shall come into operation.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 21

st

day of December 2006.

Dick Roche T.D.

Minister for the Environment, Heritage 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 a number of sections of the

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

into force on the 31

st

January 2007. The sections relate to the establishment of a strategic infrastructure division within An Bord Pleanála and the provision for a strategic consent process for certain types of strategic infrastructure development.

S.I. No. 684 of 2006

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2006

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

section 1

of the

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

(No. 27 of 2006) hereby orders as follows