Section 9
Amendment of section 9a
of Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2016
Section 9a of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “the State
Director of Town and Country Planning” the words “or from any local planning authority,”;
(b)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) The State Director of Town and Country
Planning or the local planning authority, upon receiving the request for information under subsection (1)
shall provide the information required within two weeks from the request being made by the Land
Administrator.”;
(c)
by deleting subsections (3) and (4);
(d)
by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
“(5a) The information obtained under subsection (5)
shall be disregarded if the acquisition is made under section 37 of the Town and Country Planning
Act 1976.”;
(e)
in subsection (6), by substituting for the words “subsections
(3)
and (4)” the words “subsection (2)”; and
(f)
in subsection (7), by substituting for the word “(4)” the word “(2)”.