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Amendment of section 143 of Principal Act.
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26.— The following section is substituted for section 143 of the Principal Act:
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“Board to have regard to certain policies and objectives.
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143.— (1) The Board shall, in performing its functions, have regard to—
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(a) the policies and objectives for the time being of the Government, a State authority, the Minister, planning authorities and any other body which is a public authority whose functions have, or may have, a bearing on the proper planning and sustainable development of cities, towns or other areas, whether urban or rural,
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(b) the national interest and any effect the performance of the Board’s functions may have on issues of strategic economic or social importance to the State, and
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(c) the National Spatial Strategy and any regional planning guidelines for the time being in force.
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(2) In this section ‘ public authority ’ means any body established by or under statute which is for the time being declared, by regulations made by the Minister, to be a public authority for the purposes of this section.”.
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