Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

5. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2):

“(1) (a) A regional assembly shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the coming into operation of subsection (6) of section 21, commence a review of any regional spatial and economic strategy for its region for the time being in force.

(b) A regional assembly shall, not later than 6 months after the publication of a revised or new National Planning Framework by the Government under Chapter 2, commence a review of any regional spatial and economic strategy for its region for the time being in force.

(2) (a) A regional assembly shall, upon completion of a review of a regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (1), make a new regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with section 32.

(b) A regional assembly shall, upon completion of a review of a regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection (1)—

(i) make a new regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with section 32,

(ii) revise the existing regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with section 32, or

(iii) make a determination that no new regional spatial and economic strategy or revision is required and publish a statement explaining the reasons for that determination.”.