Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2020

L.N. 421 of 2020

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 552)

Development Notification (Amendment) Order, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 55 of the

Development Planning Act, the Executive Council, with the approval

of the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning,

has made the following order:-

The title of this order is the Development Notification Citation.

(Amendment) Order, 2020 and this order shall be read and construed

as one with the Development Notification Order, hereinafter referred S.L. 552. 08.

to as the "principal order".

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, words

and expressions defined in the principal order shall have the same

meaning as assigned to them in the principal order.

Immediately after Class 22 in Schedule I to the principal Amends

Schedule I to

order there shall be added the following new Class

the principal

order.

"Class 23 Development by the Civil Protection Department

(a) Development carried out by the Civil Protection

Department on land under the operational control of the same

Civil Protection Department, provided that

(i) when the development is located on, or

contiguous to, designated areas or scheduled property, it

shall be subject to prior clearance by the Superintendent of

Cultural Heritage and by the Environment and Resources

Authority in the case of development located on, or

contiguous to, areas declared as protected under the

Environment Protection Act and in the case of development

located on, or contiguous to, areas Outside the

Development Zone;

(ii) the proposed development is recommended by

the Minister responsible for the Civil Protection

Department;

(b) Development under this Class shall be subject to the

notification procedure set out in article 5(1) and (3). However

such notification procedure is not required where in the opinion

of the Minister responsible for the Civil Protection Department,

the development is urgently required for national security

reasons and the Authority, the Superintendent of Cultural

Heritage and the Environment and Resources Authority are

informed accordingly.".

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