Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010

16.

Amendment of section 27 of Principal Act.

16.— Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) A planning authority shall ensure, when making a development plan or a local area plan, that the plan is consistent with any regional planning guidelines in force for its area.”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(6) The Minister may make regulations concerning matters of procedure and administration to be adopted by a regional authority in the performance of its functions relating to the preparation of a draft development plan, making of a development plan or variation of a development plan, as the case may be.”.