These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Modification and Discharge of Planning Agreements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 22nd April 2015.

In these Regulations:

• “the 2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 and any references to sections are references to sections of that Act unless otherwise stated; and

• “relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 76(15) of the 2011 Act.