Planning and Development (Amendment) Act, 2002
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 Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act.  |    
 12.—Section 50 of the Principal Act is amended—  | |
(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):  | ||
“(2) A person shall not question the validity of—  | ||
(a) a decision of a planning or local authority, as appropriate—  | ||
(i) on an application for a permission under this Part,  | ||
(ii) under section 179, or  | ||
(iii) in accordance with section 216,  | ||
(b) a decision of the Board—  | ||
(i) on any appeal or referral,  | ||
(ii) under section 175, or  | ||
(iii) in the performance by it of a function transferred under Part XIV,  | ||
otherwise than by way of an application for judicial review under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts ( S.I. No. 15 of 1986 ) (‘the Order').”,  | ||
(b) in subparagraph (ii) of subsection (4)(a), by substituting “paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii)” for “paragraph (a)(ii)” and “sent or published, as appropriate” for “published”,  | ||
(c) in subparagraph (i) of subsection (4)(b), by substituting “planning or local authority” for “planning authority”, and  | ||
(d) in subparagraph (i)(V) of subsection (4)(c), by substituting “in the case of a decision of a local authority or the Board in the performance by it of a function transferred under Part XIV,” for “in the case of a decision of the Board under Part XIV,”.  |