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Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act
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15. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by inserting the following subsection:
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“(3A) The Minister or the Office of the Planning Regulator may, in relation to a proposed variation of a development plan, make such recommendations as the Minister or that Office, as the case may be, considers appropriate.”,
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(b) in subsection (4), by—
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(i) substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b):
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“(ii) provide a summary of—
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(I) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Minister, where the notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) was sent before the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator,
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(II) the recommendations, submissions and observations made by the Office of the Planning Regulator, and
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(III) the submissions and observations made by any other persons,
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in relation to the draft development plan in accordance with this section,”,
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and
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(c) by inserting the following subsection:
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“(14) In this section ‘statutory obligations’ includes, in relation to a local authority, the obligation to ensure that the development plan is consistent with—
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(a) the national and regional development objectives specified in—
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(i) the National Planning Framework, and
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(ii) the regional spatial and economic strategy,
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and
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(b) specific planning policy requirements specified in guidelines under subsection (1) of section 28.”.
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