Port Authorities Act 1999

In this section —

a lessee or tenant of a port authority; and

a person acting on behalf of a port authority under an arrangement under section 35(2).

For the purposes of port works and port facilities, the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 6 applies to a port authority as if it were an agency of the Crown in right of the State.

Without limiting section 35(8), port works and port facilities are to be regarded as being public works for the purposes of section 6 of the Planning and Development Act 2005 as applied by subsection (2).

If there is a dispute between a port authority and a local government with respect to a planning matter relating to port works or port facilities, the parties to the dispute are to refer it to the Minister.

The Minister may, after consulting the Minister administering the Planning and Development Act 2005, make a decision on the dispute and that decision is final and binding on the parties.