Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1993

Application of Part IV of Principal Act to certain development.

4.—(1) Permission under Part IV of the Principal Act shall not be, and shall be deemed never to have been, required for development carried out or commenced by or on behalf of a State authority before the commencement of this section (hereafter in this subsection referred to as “State development”):

Provided that if in any proceedings—

(i) a court has, before the commencement of this section, made a finding that permission as aforesaid was required for particular State development, or

(ii) a court, after the commencement of this section, makes such a finding and the proceedings concerned were initiated before the 26th day of May, 1993,

this subsection shall not have effect in relation to the particular State development.

(2) Permission under Part IV of the Principal Act shall not be required for—

(a) any development commenced by or on behalf of a State authority during a period of one year beginning on the commencement of this section, or

(b) any development commenced by or on behalf of a State authority after the commencement of section 5 in respect of which consultation pursuant to section 84 of the Principal Act has been completed before the commencement of section 5 .