Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 1 of the Bill contains the standard provisions relating to the Short Title, collective citations, construction and commencement of the Act. Subsection (1), which was drafted for the version of the Bill before it concluded its passage through the Dáil, provided for the standard collective citation. This amendment proposes to insert a new subsection to update the collective citation to indicate that this Bill, when enacted, and the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 may be read together as one. Amendments Nos. 11, 12, 16 and 52 are minor drafting amendments that propose to update the collective citation of the principal Act so that the term "Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018", rather than "Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2015", will be used upon the enactment of this Bill.