Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1993

Amendment of section 78 of Principal Act.

3.—Section 78 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for the provisions thereof (other than the provisions inserted therein by the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1989 )) of the following subsection:

“(1) (a) Regulations made in relation to any specified cases or classes of cases of development proposed to be carried out by local authorities who are planning authorities may provide for any or all of the following matters:

(i) the publication by a local authority of any specified notice with respect to development that they propose to carry out (hereafter in this subsection referred to as ‘proposed development’),

(ii) the giving by a local authority to any specified persons of any specified notice, documents, particulars, plans or other information with respect to proposed development,

(iii) the making available for inspection by members of the public of any specified documents, particulars, plans or other information with respect to proposed development,

(iv) the making of submissions or observations to a local authority with respect to proposed development,

(v) the preparation by a local authority of a report, dealing with any specified matters, with respect to proposed development, and the submission to the members of a local authority of such a report.

(b) Regulations under this subsection may contain such incidental, supplemental and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient.”.