11B.—Where after the passing of the Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 provision is made by law which has the effect of amalgamating the administrative areas of—

(a) North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council,

(b) Limerick County Council and Limerick City Council, or

(c) Waterford County Council and Waterford City Council,

then, the council for each of the areas so amalgamated shall be its planning authority and shall, within 12 months of the making of regional planning guidelines that take into account the amalgamation of the administrative areas concerned, commence the preparation of a development plan for its administrative area.

F102[(1A) Where a planning authority to which subsection (1) relates has not commenced the preparation of a development plan in accordance with this section before the initial making of the relevant regional spatial and economic strategy, then the reference in that subsection to "within 12 months of the making of regional planning guidelines that take into account the amalgamation of the administrative areas concerned" shall be read as a reference to "no later than 26 weeks after the making of the initial regional spatial and economic strategy that takes into account the amalgamation of the administrative areas concerned".]

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and the preparation of a development plan referred to in that subsection, this Chapter shall have effect—

(a) as if the reference to 6 years in section 9(1) were a reference to not more than 3 years after the making of the regional planning guidelines referred to in subsection (1), and

(b) as if the reference to 4 years in section 11(1) were a reference to within the period of 12 months referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Pending the making, by a planning authority to which subsection (1) relates, of its development plan consequent on the preparation of that plan, the development plans within the planning authority’s administrative area (including any development plan to which section 11C relates) shall continue to apply to the extent provided for by each of those plans.

(4) After the making of a development plan in accordance with this section by a planning authority referred to in subsection (1), the obligation under section 9 to make a development plan every 6 years, together with the prior compliance with the requirements of section 11, shall apply to the authority.]