S.L. 552.13 Art. 1Citation, commencement and transitory provisions.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their Determination)

Regulations.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 9th May 2016.

(3) For those applications which:

(a) have been submitted to the Authority prior to the date of coming into force of these regulations and which do not include the applicant’s or his representative’s, who shall not be the perit responsible for the application, mobile number and, or e-mail address, the Authority shall notify the applicant of this requirement with a letter and the applicant shall provide this information within two months from the coming into force of these regulations, failing which the application will be deemed as tacitly withdrawn by the applicant;

(b) are still not valid by the date of coming into force of these regulations, the applicant shall be notified with a letter to indicate to the Authority, within two months from notification, whether the applicant wishes to continue with the processing of the application, in which event if the applicant confirms his interest then the application shall be processed under the provisions of these regulations and if no confirmation is forthcoming, the application will be deemed to have been tacitly withdrawn by the applicant;

(c) were validated prior to 2011, the applicant shall be informed by a letter to submit the information which had been requested within two months, failing which the application will be deemed to have been tacitly withdrawn by the applicant. The letter shall inform the applicant that the Executive Chairperson shall apply the provisions of the Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their Determination) Regulations, 2010 to those applications which comply with the requirements of the letter;

(d) were validated between the first day of January of

*see sub-regulation (2) of regulation 1. 2011 and the coming into force of these regulations, such applications shall continue to be processed under the Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their Determination) Regulations, 2010 up to the compilation of the report.