Finance Act 2004

Amendment of Part 22 (provisions relating to dealing in or developing land and disposals of development land) of Principal Act.

83.—(1) Part 22 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 644A(1) in the definition of “residential development land” by substituting “the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts 1963 to 1999 or the Planning and Development Act 2000 ,” for “ section 26 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 ,”, and

(b) in section 648—

(i) by inserting the following after the definition of “the Act of 1963”:

“‘the Act of 2000’ means the Planning and Development Act 2000 ;”,

(ii) in the definition of “current use value” by substituting “(within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 1963, or, on or after 21 January 2002, within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 2000)” for “(within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 1963)”, and

(iii) by substituting the following for the definition of “development of a minor nature”:

“ ‘development of a minor nature’ means development (not being development by a local authority or a statutory undertaker within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 1963, or, on or after 11 March 2002, within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2000) which, under or by virtue of section 4 of the Act of 1963, or, on or after 11 March 2002, under or by virtue of section 4 of the Act of 2000, is exempted development for the purposes of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts 1963 to 1999 or the Act of 2000;”.

(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), subsection (1) is deemed to have applied as on and from 11 March 2002.

(b) Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) are deemed to have applied as on and from 21 January 2002.