Introductory

Title and commencement
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1
This Order may be cited as the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
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In this Order—
a
this Article, Article 2, Articles 27 to 29 and Article 31 come into operation two weeks after the date on which this Order is made;
b
the remaining provisions of this Order come into operation on such day or days as the Department of the Environment may by order appoint .
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An order under paragraph (2) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as the Department of the Environment considers appropriate in connection with the order.
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Nothing in any provision of this Order affects the punishment for an offence committed before the provision comes into operation.

Interpretation
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1
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c.33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
2
In this Order “the principal Order” means the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 11).
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This Order shall be construed as one with the principal Order.
partly exercised by SR 2003/188, 443, SR 2004/489, SR 2005/352