LegalizeLocal Government Reform Act 2014
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Act to make further and better provision in relation to local government and, in particular, to amalgamate Limerick County Council with Limerick City Council, Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council and North Tipperary County Council with South Tipperary County Council, to provide for the position of chief executive in relation to each local authority, to dissolve town councils, to make provision for municipal districts, to assign additional reserved functions to local authority members, to dissolve county development boards and city development boards and make provision for the establishment of local community development committees, for planning and oversight of local and community development programmes, to provide for an increased role for local authorities in economic development and enterprise support, to amend the Local Government Act 1991 and provide for regional assemblies, to enable (subject to certain preconditions) a plebiscite to be held in the administrative areas of the local authorities in the Dublin area in respect of a directly elected Mayor for that area and for those and other purposes to amend the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013, the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2012 and other enactments relating to elections, the Housing Acts 1966 to 2013 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, to amend other acts in connection with the foregoing matters, to amend section 20 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 and to provide for related matters
| Reference No. (1) | Provision (2) | Amendment (3) |
| 1 | Section 2(1) Definition of DTA | Substitute: “ ‘DTA’ means the body formerly known as the Dublin Transport Authority whose name was changed with effect from 1 December 2009 to the National Transport Authority pursuant to section 30 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009;”. |
| 2 | Definition of “functional area” | Substitute: “ ‘functional area’ means, in relation to a planning authority, its administrative area for the purposes of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014;”. |
| 3 | Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| 4 | Definition of “manager” | Substitute: |
| “ ‘manager’, in relation to a local authority, means the chief executive as provided for by Chapter 2 of Part 14 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001;”. | ||
| 5 | After meaning of “new establishment” | Insert: “ ‘NTA’ means the National Transport Authority, being the name to which the name of the Dublin Transport Authority was changed with effect from 1 December 2009 pursuant to section 30 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009;”. |
| 6 | Definition of “planning authority” | Substitute: “ ‘planning authority’ means a local authority;”. |
| 7 | Definition of “regional authority” | Substitute: “ ‘regional assembly’ means a body established in accordance with section 43 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 1991;”. |
| 8 | Definition of “regional authorities within the GDA” | Substitute: “ ‘regional assemblies in respect of the GDA’ means regional assemblies established in accordance with section 43 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 1991, in respect of a region or regions which includes all or part of the Greater Dublin Area for the purposes of section 3 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008;”. |
| 9 | Definition of “regional planning guidelines” | Substitute: “ ‘regional spatial and economic strategy’ means regional spatial and economic strategy made under Chapter III of Part II;”. |
| 10 | Definition of “reserved function” | Substitute: “ ‘reserved function’, in relation to a local authority, shall be construed in accordance with section 131 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001;”. |
| 11 | Section 4 | |
| Subsection (1) | Substitute for paragraphs (b) to (d): “(aa) development by a local authority in its functional area;”. | |
| 12 | Subsection (1) | Substitute for paragraphs (e) to (f): |
| “(e) development consisting of the carrying out by a local authority of any works required for the construction of a new road or the maintenance or improvement of a road; | ||
| (f) development carried out on behalf of, or jointly or in partnership with, a local authority, pursuant to a contract entered into by the local authority concerned, whether in its capacity as a planning authority or in any other capacity;”. | ||
| 13 | Section 9(3) | Substitute: |
| “(3) (a) A planning authority may, with the agreement of one or more local authorities which are adjoining local authorities, or on the direction of the Minister shall, make a single development plan for its functional area and any environs of that area which form part of any adjoining local authorities.”. | ||
| 14 | Section 10 Subsection (1A) | Substitute “the regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 15 | Subsection (1B) | Substitute “the making of a regional spatial and economic strategy under Chapter III which affects the area of the development plan” for “the making of regional planning guidelines under Chapter III which affect the area of the development plan”. |
| 16 | Subsection (1C) | Substitute “a regional spatial and economic strategy under Chapter III which affects the area of the development plan is made,” for “regional planning guidelines under Chapter III which affect the area of the development plan are made,”. |
| 17 | Subsection (2A) | Substitute in paragraph (a) “the regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 18 | Subsection (2A) | Substitute for paragraph (g): |
| “(g) in respect of the development plan of a city, provide details of— | ||
| (i) the city centre concerned, | ||
| (ii) the areas designated for significant development during the period of the development plan, particularly areas for which it is intended to prepare a local area plan, | ||
| (iii) the availability of public transport within the catchment of residential or commercial development, and | ||
| (iv) retail centres in that city, | ||
| (h) in respect of the area of the development plan of a city and county council set out a settlement hierarchy and provide details of matters referred to in paragraph (f) and (g).”. | ||
| 19 | Subsection (2C) | Substitute in paragraph (b) (i) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 20 | Section 11 Subsection (2) | Substitute “any relevant regional assembly and any local community development committee within the functional area of the local authority” for “any relevant regional authority and any town commissioners and city and county development boards within the functional area of the authority”. |
| 21 | Subsection (4) | Substitute in paragraph (bc) “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 22 | Section 12 | |
| Subsection (1) | Substitute for paragraph (a): “(a) send notice and a copy of the draft development plan to the Minister, the Board, the relevant regional assembly, the prescribed authorities and any local community development committee in the area, and”. | |
| 23 | Subsection (4) | Substitute in paragraph (bc) “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 24 | Subsection (5) | Substitute in paragraph (aa) “regional assembly” for “regional authority” in both places where it occurs. |
| 25 | Subsection (12) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “and any local community development committee” for “any town commissioners and city and county development boards”. |
| 26 | Section 13 | |
| Subsection (2) | Substitute for paragraph (a): “(a) send notice and copies of the proposed variation of the development plan to the Minister, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Board, the relevant regional assembly, and, where appropriate, to any adjoining planning authority, the prescribed authorities, and any local community development committee within the area of the development plan,”. | |
| 27 | Subsection (4) | Substitute in paragraph (bc) “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 28 | Subsection (5) | Substitute in paragraph (aa) “regional assembly” for “regional authority” in both places where it occurs. |
| 29 | Subsection (8) | Substitute for paragraph (c): |
| “(c) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b), a planning authority shall send a copy of the variation to the Minister, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Board, the relevant regional assembly and, where appropriate, to the prescribed authorities, any adjoining planning authorities and any local community development committee within its area.”. | ||
| 30 | Section 19 Subsection (1) | Substitute for paragraph (b): “(b) A local area plan shall be made, except for an area where a development plan of a former town council continues to have effect, in respect of an area which— |
| (i) is designated as a town in the most recent census of population, other than a town designated as a suburb or environs in that census, | ||
| (ii) has a population in excess of 5,000, and | ||
| (iii) is situated within the functional area of a planning authority which is a city and county council or a county council.”. | ||
| 31 | Subsection (2) | Substitute “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 32 | Section 31 Subsection (5) | Substitute “regional assembly” for “regional planning authority”. |
| 33 | Subsection (5) | Substitute “is a regional spatial and economic strategy” for “are regional planning guidelines”. |
| 34 | Subsection (9) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 35 | Subsection (13) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 36 | Subsection (14) | Substitute “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 37 | Section 31A Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (a) “regional assembly” for “regional authority” and “or assemblies” for “or authorities” in both of the places where they occur. |
| 38 | Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (a) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 39 | Subsection (1) | Substitute for paragraph (b): |
| “(b) the regional spatial and economic strategy fails to provide a long-term strategic planning and economic framework for the development of the region or regions, as the case may be, in respect of which it is made, in accordance with the principles of proper planning and sustainable development and the economic policies and objectives of the Government,”. | ||
| 40 | Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “regional spatial and economic strategy is” for “regional planning guidelines are”. |
| 41 | Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (d) “regional assembly or assemblies” for “regional authority or authorities”. |
| 42 | Subsection (1) | Substitute “direct a regional assembly or assemblies” for “direct a regional authority or authorities”. |
| 43 | Subsection (2) | Substitute “regional assembly or regional assemblies” for “regional authority or regional authorities”. |
| 44 | Subsection (3) | Substitute “regional assembly or regional assemblies” for “regional authority or regional authorities”. |
| 45 | Subsection (3) | Substitute “strategy or strategies” for “guidelines”. |
| 46 | Subsection (4) | Substitute “regional assembly or regional assemblies” for “regional authority or regional authorities”. |
| 47 | Subsection (4) | Substitute for paragraph (b): |
| “(b) the intention of the Minister to issue a direction (a draft of which shall be contained in the notice) to the regional assembly, or assemblies, as the case may be, to take certain measures specified in the notice in order to ensure that the regional spatial and economic strategy is in compliance with the requirements of this Act and to provide a long-term strategic planning and economic framework for the development of the region, or regions, as the case may be, in accordance with the principles of proper planning and sustainable development and the economic policies and objectives of the Government,”. | ||
| 48 | Subsection (4) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 49 | Subsection (4) | Substitute in paragraph (d) “regional assembly or assemblies” for “regional authority or authorities”. |
| 50 | Subsection (5) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,”. |
| 51 | Subsection (6) | Substitute in paragraph (a) “a regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 52 | Subsection (6) | Substitute in paragraph (a) “the strategy” for “the guidelines”. |
| 53 | Subsection (6) | Substitute in paragraph (b) “the strategy proposed” for “guidelines proposed”. |
| 54 | Subsection (6) | Substitute in paragraph (b) “the strategy which is” for “those guidelines which are”. |
| 55 | Subsection (7) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,” in each place where it occurs. |
| 56 | Subsection (8) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,”. |
| 57 | Subsection (9) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,” in both places where it occurs. |
| 58 | Subsection (10) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,”. |
| 59 | Subsection (13) | Substitute in paragraph (b) “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,”. |
| 60 | Subsection (14) | Substitute “regional assembly, or assemblies,” for “regional authority, or authorities,”. |
| 61 | Subsection (17) | Substitute: |
| “(17) The direction issued by the Minister under subsection (16) is deemed to have immediate effect and its terms are considered to be incorporated into the regional spatial and economic strategy, or, if appropriate, to constitute the strategy.”. | ||
| 62 | Subsection (19) | Substitute “regional assembly or assemblies” for “Regional authority or authorities”. |
| 63 | Section 31F Subsection (1) | Substitute: “(1) Where the regional assemblies in respect of the GDA intend to make a regional spatial and economic strategy in accordance with section 24, or to review the existing strategy under section 26, they shall, as soon as may be, consult with the NTA in order to make the necessary arrangements for making the strategy.”. |
| 64 | Subsection (2) | Substitute: |
| “(2) The NTA shall assist and co-operate with the regional assemblies in respect of the GDA in making arrangements for the preparation of a regional spatial and economic strategy and in carrying out the preparation of the strategy.”. | ||
| 65 | Subsection (3) | Substitute for paragraph (a): |
| “ (a) In carrying out its function under subsection (2), the NTA shall prepare and submit to the regional assemblies, within 6 weeks of the commencement of consultation under subsection (1), a report on the issues which, in its opinion, should be considered by the regional assemblies in making a regional spatial and economic strategy.”. | ||
| 66 | Subsection (3) | Substitute in paragraph (b) (i) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 67 | Subsection (3) | Substitute in paragraph (b) (iv) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 68 | Section 31G | Substitute: |
| Subsection (1) | “(1) Where a notice is received by the NTA under section 24(4) it shall, as part of any written submission on the draft regional spatial and economic strategy, state whether, in its view, the draft regional spatial and economic strategy is— | |
| (a) consistent with its transport strategy, or | ||
| (b) not consistent with its transport strategy and in such case what amendments to the draft regional spatial and economic strategy it considers necessary to achieve such consistency.”. | ||
| 69 | Section 31GG Subsection (1) | Substitute: “(1) Where a notice is received by the NTA under section 24(4) from a regional assembly (other than the regional assemblies in respect of the GDA) the NTA shall, as part of any written submission on the draft regional spatial and economic strategy, state whether, in its view, the matters raised by it in its report under section 31FF are— |
| (a) satisfactorily addressed in the draft regional spatial and economic strategy, or | ||
| (b) not satisfactorily addressed in the draft regional spatial and economic strategy.”. | ||
| 70 | Subsection (2) | Substitute: |
| “(2) Where in the context of subsection (1) (b) the NTA makes a submission, it shall indicate what amendments to the draft regional spatial and economic strategy it considers should be made to ensure effective integration of transport and land use planning.”. | ||
| 71 | Section 31J | Substitute for paragraph (a) : |
| “ (a) a planning or local authority, a regional assembly, State authority or An Bord Pleanála is carrying out any relevant function under or transferred by Part II, X, XI or XIV, or”. | ||
| 72 | Section 34 | |
| Subsection (6) | Substitute in paragraph (a) for subparagraphs (iiia) and (iv): “(iiia) not later than 6 weeks from the publication of the notice under subparagraph (i), the chief executive shall prepare a report for the members of the planning authority— | |
| (I) stating the main reasons and considerations on which the proposal to grant permission is based, | ||
| (II) summarising the issues raised in any submissions or observations in accordance with subparagraph (iii), and | ||
| (III) advising the members of his or her opinion regarding the compliance or otherwise of the proposed development with any relevant Ministerial guidelines under section 28 or any relevant policies or objectives of the Government or Minister of the Government or with any regional spatial and economic strategy, | ||
| and the report shall be considered by the members before a resolution is passed under subparagraph (iv), and | ||
| (iv) a resolution shall be passed by the planning authority approving the proposal of the chief executive to grant permission.”. | ||
| 73 | Subsection (6) | Delete paragraphs (c) and (d). |
| 74 | Subsection (7) | Delete. |
| 75 | Section 37 Subsection (2) | Substitute in paragraph (b) (iii) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 76 | Section 37A Subsection (2) | Substitute in paragraph (b) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 77 | Section 42 Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (a) (ii) (II) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 78 | Section 42A Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (a) (ii) (II) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 79 | Section 84 | Substitute: |
| Subsection (6) | “(6) In this section, and sections 85 and 86— | |
| ‘city’ means— | ||
| (a) the administrative area of a city council, | ||
| (b) a municipal district that includes the area of a city to which subsection (6) of section 10 (inserted by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001 relates; | ||
| ‘municipal district’ has the meaning given to it by section 22A (inserted by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001; | ||
| ‘town’ means a municipal district with a population in excess of 2,000 that is not a municipal district to which paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘city’ relates.”. | ||
| 80 | Section 143 Subsection (1) | Substitute in paragraph (c) “regional spatial and economic strategy” for “regional planning guidelines”. |
| 81 | Section 177R Subsection (1) Definition of “land use plan” | Substitute for paragraph (a) of definition: “(a) regional spatial and economic strategy,”. |
| 82 | Section 166 | Substitute “regional assembly” for “regional authority”. |
| 83 | Section 177S | Substitute for paragraph (a): |
| Subsection (2) | “(a) in relation to draft regional spatial and economic strategy, the regional assembly for whose area the strategy is made,”. | |
| 84 | Section 177T | Substitute for paragraph (a): |
| Subsection (3) | “(a) as respects a draft regional spatial and economic strategy, the regional assembly for whose area the draft strategy is made,”. | |
| 85 | Section 229 Definition of “local authority” | Delete. |
PART 5 Consequential Amendments to Acts Relating to Taxation
Section 5(6)
| Number and Year (1) | Short title (2) | Provision (3) | Amendment (4) |
| No. 1 of 2003 | Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) and includes a body established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971;”. |
| No. 52 of 2012 | Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 | Section 2 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| Section 20(1) Definition of “local authority” | Delete. | ||
| Section 20(2) | Insert “(within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” after “reserved function”. | ||
| No. 39 of 1997 | Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| Section 4(1) Definition of “company” | Substitute for paragraph (e): “(e) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) and includes a body established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971;”. | ||
| Section 5(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) and includes a body established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971;”. | ||
| Section 214(1) | Substitute: “(1) In this section ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) and includes a body established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971.”. | ||
| Section 310(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. | ||
| Section 339(1) Definition of “the relevant local authority” | Substitute: “the local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” for “the council of a county or the corporation of a county or other borough or, where appropriate, the urban district council,”. | ||
| Section 344(1) Definition of “relevant local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘the relevant local authority’, in relation to the construction or replacement of a multi-storey car park, means the local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) in whose functional area the multi-storey car park is situated.”. | ||
| Section 372AK Definition of “relevant local authority” | Substitute for paragraph (a): “(a) a qualifying urban area means the local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) in whose functional area the area is situated, and”. | ||
| Section 372AAB Definition of “relevant local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘relevant local authority’ means the local authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014), in whose functional area the special regeneration area is situated;”. | ||
| Section 380Q(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. | ||
| Section 652(2) | Substitute for paragraph (a): “(a) In this subsection ‘the relevant local authority’, in relation to a relevant disposal, means the local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) in whose functional area the land being disposed of is situated.”. | ||
| Section 681(1) | Substitute in paragraph (a) for the definition of “relevant local authority” the following: “ ‘relevant local authority’, in relation to a qualifying mine disposal, means the local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) in whose functional area the mine being disposed of is situated;”. | ||
| Section 888(2) | Substitute in paragraph (e): “for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” for “(within the meaning of section 2(2) of the Local Government Act 1941)”. | ||
| Section 898(1) | Substitute: “(1) In this section ‘rating authority’ means— (a) a county council, (b) a city council, or (c) a city and county council;”. | ||
| Schedule 13 | Substitute for paragraph 2: “2. A local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014).”. | ||
| Schedule 15 | Substitute for paragraph 4: “4. A local authority or a joint body within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014).”. |
PART 6 Minor Amendments to Other Acts
Section 5(8)
| Regnal Year and Chapter Number or Number and Year (1) | Short title (2) | Provision (3) | Amendment (4) |
| No. 21 of 1939 | Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 | Section 3 | Substitute: “Local authority 3.. In this Act ‘local authority’ has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001. ”. |
| No. 15 of 2013 | Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 | Section 37(2) | Substitute “chief executive” for “manager”. |
| Section 43(2) | Substitute in paragraph (b) “chief executive” for “manager”. | ||
| Section 48(2) | Substitute “chief executive” for “manager”. | ||
| Section 49(1) | Substitute “chief executive” for “manager”. | ||
| No. 19 of 2001 | Carer’s Leave Act 2001 | Section 2(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute: “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” for “Local Government Act, 1941,”. |
| No. 19 of 1995 | Casual Trading Act 1995 | Section 1(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| Definition of “reserved function” | Substitute: “ ‘reserved function’, in relation to a local authority, shall be construed in accordance with section 131 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001;”. | ||
| No. 51 of 2012 | Civil Defence Act 2012 | Section 16(4) | Substitute for paragraph (a): “(a) the chief executive of the local authority concerned;”. |
| No. 32 of 1986 | Control of Dogs Act 1986 | Section 1 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014); and references to the functional area of a local authority shall be construed accordingly and local authority shall, as the context may require, include any other person with whom a local authority has entered into an arrangement pursuant to section 15 of this Act;”. |
| No. 2 of 1994 | Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 | Section 19A(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 10 of 1972 | Dangerous Substances Act 1972 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| Section 2(2) Interpretation | Substitute for paragraph (b): “(b) in any other area, the local authority for the area;”. | ||
| No. 25 of 1988 | Data Protection Act 1988 | Section 1 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 14 of 2005 | Disability Act 2005 | Section 24 | Substitute: “ Definition 24. In this Part ‘housing authority’ means a local authority.”. |
| No. 29 of 2010 | Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 | Section 2 Definition of “city council” | Delete. |
| Definition of “county council” | Delete. | ||
| Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. | ||
| No. 15 of 2008 | Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 | Section 12 Subsection (5) | Substitute for paragraph (b) : “(b) the regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) in force for the GDA, including any regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates,”. |
| Subsection (6) | Substitute: “(6) The Authority shall ensure that the transport strategy is consistent with relevant regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) for the GDA prepared in accordance with Chapter III, Part II, of that Act, including any relevant regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates.”. | ||
| Subsection (10) | Substitute for paragraphs (a) and (b): “(a) consistent with the regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) for the GDA, including any relevant regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates, or | ||
| (b) not consistent with the regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) for the GDA, including any relevant regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates and where not so consistent what amendments to the draft transport strategy they consider necessary to achieve such consistency.”. | |||
| Section 17(4) | Substitute: “(a) 3 local authority chief executives or officers as follows: | ||
| (i) the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, | |||
| (ii) one from the chief executives for the County Councils of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin, as decided by those chief executives, and | |||
| (iii) one from the chief executives for the County Councils of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, as decided by those chief executives, | |||
| or an officer of those Councils as nominated by the relevant chief executive,”. | |||
| Section 64(2) | Substitute for paragraph (b): “(b) relevant regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) under Chapter III, Part II, of that Act, including any relevant regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates,”. | ||
| No. 11 of 2013 | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 | Schedule 2 | In column (2) — substitute: “Limerick City and County and County Clare” for “City of Limerick, County Limerick and County Clare”, |
| substitute: “County Tipperary” for “Tipperary North and Tipperary South”, and | |||
| substitute: “Waterford City and County” for “City of Waterford, County Waterford”. | |||
| Schedule 4 | In column (2) — substitute: “Limerick City and County Council” for: “Limerick City Council Limerick County Council”, | ||
| substitute: “Tipperary County Council” for “Tipperary South County Council Tipperary North County Council”, | |||
| and substitute: “Waterford City and County Council” for “Waterford City Council Waterford County Council”. | |||
| No. 35 of 1995 | Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 | Section 10(12) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 40 of 2006 | Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 | Section 23 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 20 of 2011 | Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 | Section 48 (substituting Part 18 of the Local Government Act 2001) | In inserted section 189 of the Local Government Act 2001: (a) substitute “local council” for “local authority” in each place where it occurs, and |
| (b) insert after subsection (10): | |||
| “(11) In this section ‘local council’, in relation to a local authority, means the local authority or the municipal district members in respect of each municipal district within the area of such local authority.”. | |||
| No. 23 of 1997 | Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 | Section 3 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 17 of 1992 | Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992 | Section 1 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) and any reference to the functional area of a local authority shall be construed accordingly;”. |
| No. 30 of 1976 | Gas Act 1976 | Section 2 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| Section 27 | Substitute for subsection (6): “(6) In this section ‘road authority’ means a local authority;”. | ||
| No. 16 of 1982 | Gas Regulation Act 1982 | Section 1 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 46 of 1960 | Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 | Section 1 Definition of “sanitary authority” | Substitute: “ ‘sanitary authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014).”. |
| No. 6 of 1982 | Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982 | Section 2(1) Definition of “housing authority” | Substitute: “ ‘housing authority’ means a local authority and references to the functional area of a housing authority shall be construed accordingly;”. |
| After definition of “landlord” | Insert: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. | ||
| No. 22 of 1983 | Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983 | Section 3(3) | Delete. |
| Section 14(2) (b) | Insert “(being the chief executive of the local authority concerned)” after “manager of the housing authority”. | ||
| Section 14(3) | Insert “(being the chief executive of the local authority concerned)” after “manager of the housing authority”. | ||
| No. 6 of 1999 | Irish Sports Council Act 1999 | Section 2(1) Definition of “public authority” | Substitute for paragraph (b): “(b) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),”. |
| No. 34 of 1993 | Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 34 of 2009 | National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 | Section 12(8) | Substitute “regional spatial and economic strategy (within the meaning of the Planning and Development Act 2000, including any regional planning guidelines to which section 21(4) of that Act relates)” for “regional planning guidelines (within the meaning of the Planning and Development Act 2000)”. |
| No. 14 of 1999 | National Disability Authority Act 1999 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 2 of 1930 | National Monuments Act 1930 | Section 2 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 20 of 1997 | Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 | Section 2(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| No. 25 of 1991 | Payment of Wages Act 1991 | Section 1(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| Section 5(5) (c) | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. | ||
| 1 & 2 Vict., c. 56 | Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 | Section 71 | Delete “, and on his default then by the person subsequently in the occupation of the rateable property from whom such rate shall be demanded”. |
| 12 & 13 Vict., c. 104 | Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1849 | Section 19 | Delete. |
| No. 29 of 2003 | Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 45 of 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 | Section 3(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| No. 27 of 2007 | Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 | Section 5(7) | Substitute for paragraph (d): “(d) is or becomes a member of a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),”. |
| No. 7 of 1977 | Protection of Employment Act 1977 | Section 7(2) | Substitute for paragraph (c): “(c) officers of a body which is a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),”. |
| No. 16 of 1996 | Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996 | Section 1(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| No. 33 of 2004 | Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 | Section 40(2) | Substitute for paragraph (i) (i): “(i) chief executive of a local authority, the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government,”. |
| Section 44(1) | Substitute for paragraph (c): | ||
| “(c) the chief executive of a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001;”. | |||
| No. 21 of 1967 | Redundancy Payments Act 1967 | Section 2(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 14 of 1993 | Roads Act 1993 | Section 2 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’, except in section 73, means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 44 of 2004 | Road Traffic Act 2004 | Section 10 | In subsection (1) to substitute “chief executive of a local authority” for “manager of a county council or city council”. |
| Section 10 | In subsections (4) to (8) to substitute “chief executive” for “manager” in each place where it occurs. | ||
| No. 18 of 1999 | Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999 | Section 1(1) Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 26 of 1925 | Shannon Electricity Act 1925 | Section 1 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001(as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014).”. |
| No. 4 of 2011 | Student Support Act 2011 | Section 2 Definition of “local authority” | Substitute: “ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);”. |
| No. 5 of 1994 | Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 | Section 1(1) Definition of “employee” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| No. 10 of 1977 | Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 | Section 1 Definition of “employer” | Substitute “Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014)” for “Local Government Act 1941,”. |
| Section 2(1) | Substitute for paragraph (i): “(i) a chief executive of a local authority for the purposes of section 144 of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014),”. | ||
| No. 24 of 1997 | Universities Act 1997 | Section 16(5) (a) | In subparagraph (i) to substitute “by Dublin City Council” for “the Corporation of Dublin county borough”. |
| Section 16(5) (b) | Substitute for subparagraph (ii): “(ii) the person holding the office of Cathaoirleach of a municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former Waterford City Council,”. | ||
| Substitute for subparagraph (iv): “(iv) five persons elected by Cork County Council, Kerry County Council, Limerick City and County Council, Tipperary County Council and Waterford City and County Council,”. | |||
| Section 16(5) (d) | In subparagraph (ii) to substitute “Galway City Council” for “Corporation of the County Borough of Galway”. | ||
| Section 16(5) (g) | Substitute for subparagraphs (i) and (ii): “(i) the person holding the office of Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council or a person nominated by him or her, (ii) the person holding the office of Cathaoirleach of a municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former Limerick City Council, and”. | ||
| No. 27 of 1998 | Urban Renewal Act 1998 | Section 3 Definition of “rating authority” | Substitute: “ ‘rating authority’ means— (a) a county council, (b) a city council, or (c) a city and county council;”. |
| No. 13 of 2001 | Valuation Act 2001 | Section 3 Definition of “rating authority” | Substitute: “ ‘rating authority’ means— (a) a county council, (b) a city council, or (c) a city and county council;”. |
| Section 15 | Delete subsections (3) and (5). | ||
| Schedule 3 | Delete paragraph 1(o). | ||
| Schedule 4 | Insert after paragraph 12: “12A. Property, being a building or part of a building, land or a waterway or a harbour directly occupied by— (a) any Department or Office of State, (b) the Defence Forces, or (c) the Garda Síochána, or used as a prison or place of detention, wherever situate.”. |
SCHEDULE 3 Reserved Functions
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