This provision sets when parts of the Order start and gives the Department of the Environment power to appoint the commencement day for Article 4.
Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 This Order may be cited as the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. . . . Article 4 shall come into operation on such day as the head of the Department of the Environment may by order appoint and the remaining provisions of this Order shall come into operation at the expiration of the period of one month from the day on which it is made. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to the interpretation of Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. In this Order— “the Department” means the Department of the Environment; ... Any expression used in Part II and in the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 has the same meaning in that Part as in that Act. Where— planning permission granted under Part 3 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 is revoked with the consent of a person entitled to a compensatable estate in the land to which the permission related (in this Article referred to as “the original land”); planning permission is granted under that Part on or after the date of the revocation referred to in paragraph ( a) in relation to land other than the original land, for development similar to the development permitted by the revoked permission; and the permission first referred to in paragraph ( b) specifies that it is in substitution for the permission referred to in paragraph ( a); no compensation shall be payable under section 26 of the Land Development Values (Compensation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 in respect of the revocation referred to in paragraph ( a) to a person who has consented under that paragraph to the revocation. Arts. 4‐6 rep. by 1991 NI 11 Art. 7 rep. by 1982 NI 20 Art. 8 rep. by 1991 NI 11 Art. 9 rep. by 1980 NI 11 Art. 10 rep. by 1990 NI 14 Arts. 11‐14 rep. by 1991 NI 11 Arts. 15, 16 rep. by 1981 NI 16 Art. 17 rep. by 1991 NI 11 Part IV—Art. 18 amends s.43 of 1965 c.23 (NI). Art. 19 rep. by 1991 NI 11 Art. 20 rep. by 1990 NI 14 1954 c.33 1965 c.23 1991 NI 11 fully exercised by SR 1988/4 Words in art. 2(3) substituted (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 17(a) (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art.2)) Words in art. 2(3) substituted (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 17(b) (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2)) Words in art. 3(a) substituted (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 18 (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159 art. 2)) Words in art. 2(2) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Planning Act (Northern-Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 16 (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2)