Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two more questions. I promise to be quick. Section 72(11) states:

The members of the planning authority shall consider a report of the chief executive prepared under subsection (9) and the urban area plan or priority area plan, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be made in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report of the chief executive 6 weeks after the furnishing of the report to the members of the planning authority unless the planning authority, by resolution passed before the expiry of the said period...

Out of interest, why is it necessary to have a provision whereby the plan would not be agreed unless the planning authority passes it by resolution? Surely it should be passed. Is it the case that if the local authority does not get it together to have the meeting, the plan passes by default? What is the reason for that formulation?