Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 116:

In page 105, to delete lines 10 to 16 and substitute the following:

“(5) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a development plan shall have effect for a period of 6 years beginning on the date on which it comes into effect under subsection (17) of section 55. (b) Where the Minister, at the request of the elected council of a planning authority, certifies in writing that exceptional circumstances exist warranting the extension of the period referred to in paragraph (a), the Minister may extend that period by such further period of no more than 2 years as may be specified by the Minister.”.