454 tal-2020

L.N. 454 of 2020

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 552)

Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their

Determination) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 84 and 85 of the

Development Planning Act, the Minister for the Environment, Climate

Change and Planning, after consultation with the Planning Authority,

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Development Planning Citation.

(Procedure for Applications and their Determination) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2020 and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their S.L. 552.13.

Determination) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Regulation 12 of the principal regulations, shall be Amends

regulation 12 of

amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in sub-regulation (5) thereof, the words "of the

report." shall be substituted by the words "of the report:" and

immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new

proviso

"Provided that, for an application subject to the

process of an Environmental Impact Assessment, the perit

and the applicant shall be informed about the final report of

the Environment and Resources Authority issued pursuant

to the process of an Environmental Impact Assessment.";

(b) in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (6) thereof, the

words "or documents; and" shall be substituted by the words "or

documents;";

(c) in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (6) thereof, the

words "of the report." shall be substituted by the words "of the

report; and"; and

(d) immediately after paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (6)

thereof, there shall be added the following new paragraph

"(c) be informed by the final report of the

Environment and Resources Authority, issued pursuant to

the process of an Environmental Impact Assessment, for

those applications subject to the process of an

Environmental Impact Assessment.".

In paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) of regulation 13 of

the principal regulations, the words "deferred sitting." shall be

substituted by the words "deferred sitting:" and immediately thereafter

there shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided that, for an application subject to the process of

an Environmental Impact Assessment, the Planning Board shall

also take into account the final report of Environment and

Resources Authority, issued pursuant to the process of an

Environmental Impact Assessment.".