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Modification to operation of section 31AM of Act of 2000 having regard to Covid-19
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6. Section 31AM of the Act of 2000 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (9):
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“(9A) During the period beginning on the date on which section 6 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2021 comes into operation and ending on 31 December 2023—
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(a) subsection (1) shall be construed and have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph (a):
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‘(aa) a notice given under section 11D(3) by a planning authority to the Office for the purposes of that section of the intention of the planning authority to extend the duration of its existing development plan,’,
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(b) subsection (4) shall be construed and have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph (a):
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‘(aa) section 11D(5), in respect of an extension of the duration of an existing development plan,’,
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and
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(c) subsection (5) shall be construed and have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph (c):
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‘(d) any observations or submissions it makes to a planning authority under section 27D(2) in respect of the extension of the duration of an existing development plan.’.”.
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