57A.—(1) Section 57 (insofar as it relates to Part XAB of the Act of 2000) shall not apply to an application for consent for proposed development made to a competent authority prior to the coming into operation of section 57 (insofar as it relates to Part XAB of the Act of 2000).

(2) Section 177AE (inserted by section 57 of the Act of 2010) of the Act of 2000 shall not apply to development in respect of which the procedures under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 have been completed prior to the coming into operation of section 57 provided that the development is commenced not later than 12 months after such coming into operation unless, immediately before such coming into operation, the development was being carried out in contravention of the Act of 2000 or regulations made under it.

(3) In subsection (1)—

“competent authority” in relation to proposed development has the same meaning as it has in section 177S of the Act of 2000;

“proposed development” has the same meaning as it has in section 177R of the Act of 2000.]