Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Act 2022

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Number 35 of 2022


DEVELOPMENT (EMERGENCY ELECTRICITY GENERATION) ACT 2022


CONTENTS

1. Definitions

2. Designation of development

3. Disapplication of Planning and Development Act 2000 to designated development

4. Application to Minister

5. Arrangements for Environmental Impact Assessment

6. Arrangements for Appropriate Assessment

7. Decision of Minister

8. Requirement to comply with approval

9. Regulations for purpose of Act

10. Section 15 of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015

11. Expenses

12. Short title and commencement


Acts Referred to

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46)

Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)

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Number 35 of 2022


DEVELOPMENT (EMERGENCY ELECTRICITY GENERATION) ACT 2022


An Act to provide for emergency measures for electricity generation development to ameliorate and protect security of supply of electricity in the State because exceptional circumstances have arisen in the market for that supply and further because of the situation in Ukraine; for disapplication of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for the purpose of such development; for such development to be exempt from the provisions of Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 20111 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20142 , in accordance with Article 2(4) of that Directive; for application of arrangements for the alternative assessment of such development for the purposes of that Directive and the appropriate assessment of such development for the purposes of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 19923 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and for the co-ordination of such assessments; and to provide for related matters.

[29th October, 2022]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

1 OJ No. L26, 28.1.2012, p.1

2 OJ No. L24, 25.4.2014, p.1

3 OJ No. L206, 22.7.1992, p.7