(This note is not part of the Order.)
Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Article 10 of the Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993, and makes provision for procedures connected with applications for and the issue of certificates of lawfulness of existing use or development under Article 83A and certificates of lawfulness of proposed use or development under Article 83B of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, (as inserted by Article 12 of the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003). Article 12 is brought into operation by the Planning (Amendment) (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 443 (c. 34)).
Article 41 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (applications to determine whether planning permission required) is repealed by the bringing into operation of Article 37(2) of and Schedule 2 to the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.