InterpretationN.I.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;
“consultation bodies” means—
Northern Ireland government departments,
the council for any district which adjoins that of the council carrying out the consultation,
a water or sewerage undertaker,
the Northern Ireland Housing Executive,
the Civil Aviation Authority,
any person to whom the electronic communications code applies by virtue of a direction given under section 106(3) of the Communications Act 2003 M1,
any person to whom a licence has been granted under Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 M2,
any person to whom a licence has been granted under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 M3;
“council” means a district council;
“electronic communication” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 M4,
“inspection” means inspection by the public;
“local advertisement” means an advertisement for two successive weeks in at least one newspaper circulating in the district of the council;
“person appointed” means a person appointed by the Department under section 10(4) to carry out an independent examination;
“preferred options paper” means a consultation document prepared by the council for the purpose of consulting the public before a local development plan is prepared;
“site specific policy” means a policy in a development plan document which identifies a site for a particular use or development;
“site specific policy representation” means any representation which seeks to change a development plan document by—
adding a site specific policy to the development plan document; or
altering or deleting any site specific policy in the development plan document;
“timetable” means a timetable prepared under section 7.
(2) In these Regulations any references to sections are references to sections of the 2011 Act unless otherwise stated.
Marginal Citations
M3S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2) as amended by S.R. 2011/155, S.R. 2013/92
M42001 c.9 (N.I.) as amended by 2003 c.21