State Airports Act 2004

Definitions (Part 2).

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4. —In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Act of 1977” means Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1977;

“Aer Rianta” means Aer Rianta, cuideachta phoiblí theoranta;

“Companies Acts” means Companies Act 1963 and every enactment which is to be construed with it as one Act;

“company” other than in section 15, means F1[daa], Cork Airport Authority and Shannon Airport Authority or, as the case may be, any of them;

“Cork Airport” means the State airport known as Cork Airport;

“Cork Airport Authority” means Cork Airport Authority, public limited company;

“Cork appointed day” means the day appointed under section 5 to be the appointed day in respect of Cork Airport Authority;

F1[‘daa’ means daa, public limited company;]

“Dublin Airport” means the State airport known as Dublin Airport;

“Dublin appointed day” is to be construed in accordance with section 5(4);

“functions” includes powers and duties, and a reference to the performance of functions includes, with respect to powers and duties, a reference to the exercise of the powers and the carrying out of duties;

“recognised trade union or staff association” means a trade union or staff association recognised by Aer Rianta or a company for the purposes of negotiations which are concerned with the remuneration or conditions of employment, or the working conditions of employees;

“relevant appointed day” means Dublin, Cork or Shannon appointed day or any or all of those days, as the case may be;

“restructuring” means the doing of all things as are necessary for the purposes of giving effect to this Part, and, in particular to sections 7 and 8, in providing for full legal autonomy and independence of each of Dublin Airport Authority, Cork Airport Authority and Shannon Airport Authority;

“Shannon Airport” means the State airport known as Shannon Airport;

F1[‘Shannon Airport Authority’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014;]

“Shannon appointed day” means the day appointed under section 5 to be the appointed day in respect of Shannon Airport Authority;

F1[‘State Airport’ means an airport in the State, managed and controlled by a company;]

“subsidiary” other than in section 13 , has the same meaning as in section 155 of the Companies Act 1963;

“worker director” means a director appointed under this Act in accordance with the Act of 1977.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F1

Substituted (27.07.2014) by State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 33(1)(a)(i)-(iv), commenced on enactment.

Modifications (not altering text):

C2

Reference to Cork Airport Authority construed (27.07.2014) by State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 31(9), commenced on enactment.

Cork Airport Authority

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(9) A reference in the Act of 2004 to Cork Airport Authority is a reference to Cork Airport Authority formed and established under this section.

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