Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage

9:00 am

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 87:

In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 28 (amendment, etc., of section 42 (power to extend appropriate period) of Act of 2000) of Act of 2016

20. (1) Section 28 of the Act of 2016 is amended in subsection (2) (which provides for a construction of section 42 of the Principal Act)—
(a) by substituting “the day preceding the day that section 28(2)” for “the day preceding the day that section 28” where it occurs in the construction so provided,

(b) by substituting “expires on or after the date of commencement of section 28(2)” for “has not expired on the date of the commencement of section 28” where it occurs in the construction so provided, and

(c) by substituting “within the prescribed period” for “prior to the end of the expiration of the period by which the appropriate period was extended” where it occurs in the construction so provided.
(2) This section comes into operation upon the passing of this Act.”.