Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2006 No. 285
PLANNING
The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006
Made
28th June 2006
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation
24th July 2006
The Lord Chancellor makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 123A (6) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1):
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 24th July 2006.
Amendment of the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006
2.—(1) The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006(2) shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Rule 2(1) delete the definition of “electronic communication” in its entirety and insert—
““electronic communication” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(3);”.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 28th June 2006
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the definition of “electronic communication” in the Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 to accord with the current definition provided by section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, as amended by the Communications Act 2003.
S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I.2003/430(N.I.8) and S.I.2006/1252 (N.I.7)
S.I. 2001 c. 9