S.I. No. 422/2021 - Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th August, 2021.

WHEREAS I, PETER BURKE, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, am of the opinion that development to which the following regulations apply would not offend against principles of proper planning and sustainable development by reason of the nature and limited effect of development belonging to that class on its surroundings; and

WHEREAS a draft of the following regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving that draft has been passed by each such House;

NOW I, PETER BURKE, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 246 and section 262 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 408 of 2020 )) and by the Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. 559/2020), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall be included in the collective citation the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2021.

2. Part 1 of Schedule 12 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 600 of 2001 ) is amended by the substitution of paragraph (e) with:

(e) A cable, wire or pipeline (not being a cable for conducting electricity for domestic or agricultural purposes or a drain or waterpipe or an overground cable which is part of an electronic communications network).

€25 per 100 metres length or part thereof.

3. Part 2 of Schedule 12 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 600 of 2001 ) is amended by the insertion after paragraph (e) of:

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(f) An overground cable which is part of an electronic communications network.

€125 per licence

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GIVEN under my Hand,

16 August, 2021.

PETER BURKE,

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.