Planning and Development (Amendment) Act, 2002

Amendment of section 57 of Principal Act.

13.—Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (4), by inserting “or the Board” after “a planning authority”,

(b) in subsection (5), by inserting “or the Board” after “the planning authority” in each place where it occurs,

(c) by substituting the following subsections for subsections (8) and (9):

“(8) Any person to whom a declaration under subsection (3), or a declaration reviewed under subsection (7) has been issued, may, on payment to the Board of such fee as may be prescribed, refer the declaration for review by the Board within 4 weeks from the date of the issuing of the declaration, or the declaration as reviewed, as the case may be.

(9) A planning authority shall cause—

(a) the details of any declaration issued by that authority, or of a decision by the Board on a referral, to be entered on the register kept by the authority under section 7, and

(b) a copy of the declaration or decision, as appropriate, to be made available for inspection by members of the public, during office hours, at the office of the authority, following the issue of the declaration or decision.”.