32C.—(1) Where the prospective LRD applicant submits a request in accordance with section 32B, the planning authority shall convene an LRD meeting to take place within the period of 4 weeks beginning on the date on which the request is received by the planning authority.

(2) The following persons shall attend an LRD meeting convened under subsection (1):

(a) the planning authority;

(b) the prospective LRD applicant, one or more persons on his or her behalf, or both.

(3) The planning authority shall ensure that planning authority officials attending the LRD meeting on its behalf have a sufficient level of relevant knowledge and expertise in the matter concerned.

(4) The planning authority shall keep a record in writing of any LRD meeting including a copy of the request for the meeting and accompanying documents, the names of those who participated in the meeting and any explanation provided under section 32C(7) or 32D(4), and a copy of such record shall be placed and kept with the documents to which any application in respect of that proposed development relates.

(5) A record kept by a planning authority under subsection (4) shall only be made public when a planning application in respect of the proposed development is made in accordance with section 34.

(6) The Minister may make regulations to provide for such matters of procedure and administration as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of holding an LRD meeting, including—

(a) matters that are required to be considered at the LRD meeting,

(b) matters that may be considered at the LRD meeting, and

(c) the manner in which the LRD meeting is to be conducted.

(7) Where, on the expiry of the period specified in subsection (1), the LRD meeting has not taken place, the planning authority shall proceed to convene the LRD meeting as soon as practicable, notwithstanding that the period has expired, and provide the applicant with a written explanation why the LRD meeting did not take place in the specified period.]