Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

19

Laying of MSPs before each House of Oireachtas

19. (1) This section shall not apply to a DMAP to which Chapter 4 applies.

(2) Where the competent authority (M) proposes to make a MSP, he or she shall lay a draft of the MSP, together with the Environmental Statement and Appropriate Assessment Determination in respect thereof, before each House of the Oireachtas, and shall not make the MSP until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.

(3) The competent authority (M) shall, in the making of a MSP, have regard to any resolution, report or recommendation of any committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas or either such House in so far as such resolution, report or recommendation, as the case may be, relates to a draft laid before each such House in accordance with subsection (2).

(4) The competent authority (M) shall cause a copy of a MSP to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as is practicable after the MSP has been made.