S.I. No. 605/2022 - Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2022

1. The temporary use shall only be for the purposes of accommodating persons seeking international protection.

2. The use shall be discontinued not later than 31 December 2024.

3. The relevant local authority shall be notified of locations where change of use is taking place prior the commencement of that change.

4. ‘international protection’, for the purpose of this class, has the meaning given to it in

section 2

(1) of the

International Protection Act 2015

(No. 66 of 2015).

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 November, 2022.

PETER BURKE,

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd December,

2022.

WHEREAS I, PETER BURKE, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, am of the opinion that development to which the following regulations apply would not offend against principles of proper planning and sustainable development by reason of the nature and limited effect of development belonging to that class on its surroundings; and

WHEREAS a draft of the following regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving that draft has been passed by each such House;

NOW I, PETER BURKE, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of section 4 and

section 262

of the

Planning and Development Act 2000

(No. 30 of 2000) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 408 of 2020

)) and by the Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 559 of 2020

), hereby make the following regulations

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