14.—(1) Article 33 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) For paragraph (7) substitute—
“(7) In this article, when computing the number of days, any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded unless—
(a)the application is an EIA application accompanied by an environmental statement;
(b)the computation is for the purpose of the period specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) (c) or (g) of paragraph (1); or
(c)the application is made under section 293A(2) of the 1990 Act.
(8) In the case of an application for public service infrastructure development, in sub-paragraphs (d),(e) and (g) of paragraph (1), “21 days” is to be read, in each place it occurs, as if it were a reference to “18 days”. ”.