Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2014

L.N. 34 of 2014

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2014

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62 of

the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Minister for

Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change and

the Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Simplification of

Administrative Processes, after consultation with the Malta

Environment and Planning Authority, have made the following

The title of this Order is the Development Notification Citation.

(Amendment) Order, 2014, and this Order shall be read and construed

as one with the Development Notification Order, hereinafter referred S.L. 504.80

to as "the principal Order".

Schedule I of the principal Order shall be amended as Amends

Schedule I of

the principal

Order.

(a)

in the index thereof, immediately after item "1. The

carrying out of development by the Armed Forces of Malta" in

Class 18 thereof, there shall be added the following new item

"Class 19 Development relating to Migration

Matters"; and

(b)

immediately after Class 18 thereof, there shall be

added the following new Class 19

"Class 19

Development relating to Migration Matters

Development carried out by an entity responsible

for the provision of reception services including in

particular for beneficiaries of international protection and

asylum seekers, subject to the notification procedure set

out in sub-articles (1) and (3) of article 5. However such

notification procedure is not required where in the opinion

of the Minister responsible for Immigration, the

development is urgently required for humanitarian,

security or other relevant reasons and the Authority is

informed accordingly. In both instances, if the

development is located in designated areas or scheduled

property, it shall be subject to prior clearance by the

Superintendent of Cultural Heritage and by the competent

authority responsible for the protection of the natural

environment.".

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