Clause 4
Amendment of section 14
Section 14 of the Planning Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections: —“(1) If, in the opinion of the competent authority, any development of land has been carried out in contravention of section 9 or any condition imposed thereunder, the competent authority may, by notice in writing (referred to in this Act as an enforcement notice), require such measures as are directed in the notice to be taken within such time as is stated in the notice.
An enforcement notice shall be served on one or more of the following persons: —
the owner of the land;
the occupier of the land;
any other person who, in the opinion of the competent authority, was responsible for the contravention of section 9 or any condition imposed thereunder.”.