Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1992

Regulations.

18.—(1) The Minister may by regulations—

(a) provide for such additional, incidental, consequential or supplemental matters as regards procedure in respect of appeals as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient,

(b) make such provision as regards procedure in respect of other matters with which the Board is concerned as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient, including provision for the application of one or more of the provisions of this Act (with or without modifications or adaptations) to such matters.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may—

(a) provide for any oral hearing by the Board being conducted by a person appointed for that purpose by the Board,

(b) for the purposes of the Council Directive, enable the Board—

(i) when considering an appeal to require the submission to the Board by the applicant of an environmental impact statement in respect of the development to which the appeal relates,

(ii) to determine the adequacy for the purposes of its determination of an appeal of the information contained in an environmental impact statement (whether submitted at the instance of the Board or otherwise),

(iii) to require the submission to the Board by the applicant of such additional information in relation to the effects on the environment of the development to which the appeal relates as the Board considers necessary or appropriate, and

(c) enable the Board where it is determining an appeal under section 26 (5) or 27 (4) of the Principal Act to invite an applicant and enable an applicant so invited to submit to the Board revised plans or other drawings modifying, or other particulars providing for the modification of, the development to which the appeal relates.

(3) Where plans, drawings or particulars mentioned in subsection (2) (c) are submitted to the Board in accordance with regulations under this section, the Board may in determining the appeal grant a permission or an approval for the relevant development as modified by all or any of such plans, drawings or particulars.