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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Certificates of Alternative Development Value Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 15th April 2015.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1982 Order” means the Land Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1982;
 “the commission” means the planning appeals commission; and
 “the council” means a district council.
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(1) An application to the council within whose district the land is situated for a certificate under Article 15 of the 1982 Order shall be in writing and shall (as well as complying with the requirements of Article 15(3)) include a plan or map sufficient to identify the land to which the application relates.
(2) If the council issues a certificate otherwise than for the class or classes of development specified in the application made to it, or contrary to representations in writing made to it by a party directly concerned, it shall in that certificate include a statement of the reasons for so doing, and give particulars of the manner within which an appeal may be made to the commission under Article 16 of the 1982 Order.
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(1) Notice of appeal under said Article 16 shall be given in writing to the commission within two months from receipt of the certificate.
(2) A copy of the notice of appeal shall be sent by the appellant to the other parties directly concerned and to the council.
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The Certificates of Alternative Development Value Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 23rd March 2015.
Angus Kerr
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
