S.I. No. 525 of 2006

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (Commencement) 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:

1.   This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006.

2.   In this Order, -�the Act-� means the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 .

3.   On 17^th October 2006, sections 1, 2, 6(a), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 48 of the Act shall come into operation.

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 17^th October 2006. Sections 1 and 2 relate to the citation, commencement and interpretation of the Act. The remaining sections are all amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000 .

Section 6(a) inserts a definition of National Spatial Strategy into the interpretation section of the 2000 Act. Section 7 relates to the planning register. Section 8 relates to conditions that can be imposed on a planning permission. Section 9 amends section 35 of the 2000 Act and relates to a Planning Authority's powers to refuse permission on the basis of past performance. Sections 10 and 13 relate to the participation of organisations, which meet certain criteria in the planning process. Section 11 updates a reference to the Data Protection Act in section 38 of the 2000 Act. Section 21 relates to the material that must be sent by the Planning Authority to the Board in the event of an appeal. Sections 24 and 28 extend the ability of the Board to deal with appeals made for the purposes of extortion. Section 26 amends section 143 of the 2000 Act to include the National Interest, the effect of the Board's functions on issues of strategic economic or social importance to the State, the National Spatial Strategy and any regional planning guidelines for the time being in force. Section 31 relates to the payment of costs where a person has delayed an oral hearing. Sections 43, 44 and 45 relate to development on the foreshore, and sections 46 and 48 relate to the acquisition of substratum land.