Planning and Development Act 2000
F1288[Construction of references to National Planning Framework
311.—(1) Subject to section 308, this Act (other than this Part, section 178A, subsection (18) of section 12, subsection (14) of section 13 and paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 179) shall apply to—
(a) maritime development,
(b) proposed maritime development, and
(c) the maritime area,
as if references to the National Planning Framework were references to the National Marine Planning Framework.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1288
Inserted (1.10.2022) by Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), s. 171, S.I. No. 488 of 2022.
Modifications (not altering text):
C363
Prospective affecting provision: references to National Planning Framework construed by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 (9/2025), s. 35(1)(b)(i), not commenced as of date of revision.
Construction of references in Act of 2000
35. (1) An unrepealed provision and any instrument under an unrepealed provision shall—
(a) on and after the coming into operation of the repeal of Part II of the Act of 2000 by section 6 of the Principal Act, and
(b) pending the coming into operation of the repeal of the said provision under subsection (3) of section 1 of the Principal Act,
apply subject to the following modifications:
(i) references in that unrepealed provision or instrument to the National Planning Framework shall be construed as references to the National Planning Framework within the meaning of the Principal Act;
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(2) In this section “unrepealed provision” means a provision of the Act of 2000, the repeal of which by section 6 of the Principal Act has not, for the time being, come into operation.