Planning and Development Act 2000

Transfer of Minister’s functions in relation to compulsory acquisition of land to Board.

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214.—(1) The functions conferred on the Minister in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land by a local authority under the following enactments are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the Board and any reference in any relevant provision of those Acts to the Minister, or construed to be a reference to the Minister, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Board except that any powers under those enactments to make regulations or to prescribe any matter shall remain with the Minister:

Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878;

Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898;

Local Government Act, 1925;

Water Supplies Act, 1942;

Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960;

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964;

Housing Act, 1966;

Derelict Sites Act, 1990;

Roads Acts, 1993 and 1998;

Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997.

(2) For the purposes of the compulsory acquisition of land by a local authority the following constructions shall apply:

(a) the references construed to be references to the Minister in section 203 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(b) the references to the Minister in section 68 of, and in the Sixth Schedule to, the Local Government Act, 1925, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(c) the references to the Minister in sections 4, 8, 9 and 10 of, and in the Schedule to, the Water Supplies Act, 1942, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(d) the references to the Minister, or to the appropriate Minister, in section 10 (as amended by section 86 of the Housing Act, 1966) of the Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(e) the references to the Minister in sections 7, 8, 9 and 16 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(f) (i)  the references to the Minister, or to the appropriate Minister, in sections 76, 77, 78 F1111[and 80] of, and the Third Schedule to, the Housing Act, 1966, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

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(g) the references to the Minister in sections 16 and 17 of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly;

(h) the references to the Minister in section 27(1) of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997, shall be construed as referring to the Board and any connected references shall be construed accordingly.

(3) The transfer of the Minister’s functions to the Board in relation to the compulsory purchase of land in accordance with subsection (1) shall include the transfer of all necessary ancillary powers in relation to substrata, easements, rights over land (including public rights of way), rights of access to land, the revocation or modification of planning permissions or other such functions as may be necessary in order to ensure that the Board can fully carry out its functions in relation to the enactments referred to in subsection (1).

(4) In this section and section 216, “local authority” includes the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Annotations

Amendments:

F1111

Substituted (9.10.2001) by Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), s. 247(j)(i), S.I. No. 458 of 2001.

F1112

Deleted (9.10.2001) by Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), s. 247(j)(ii), S.I. No. 458 of 2001.

Modifications (not altering text):

C306

Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made, vesting of certain functions in An Coimisiún Pleanála affirmed and references construed by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 410, 423, not commenced as of date of revision.

Continuance of vesting of certain functions

410.—(1) It is hereby declared that all the functions that, immediately before the repeal of Part XIV of the Act of 2000 by section 6, vested in the Commission (formerly known as An Bord Pleanála) by virtue of sections 214, 215, 215A, 215B and 215C of that Act, namely—

(a) the functions conferred on the Minister of the Government concerned in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land by a local authority under the following enactments:

(i) the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878;

(ii) the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898;

(iii) the Local Government Act 1925;

(iv) the Water Supplies Act 1942;

(v) the Local Government (No. 2) Act 1960;

(vi) the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964;

(vii) the Act of 1966;

(viii) the Derelict Sites Act 1990;

(ix) the Roads Acts 1993 and 1998;

(x) the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997,

(b) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned in relation to a scheme or proposed road development under sections 49, 50 and 51 of the Act of 1993,

(c) the functions of—

(i) any Minister of the Government, or

(ii) the Commission for Energy Regulation,

under sections 31 and 32 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Gas Act 1976 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land in respect of a strategic gas infrastructure development,

(d) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned under section 17 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes set out in section 18 of that Act, and

(e) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned under section 16 of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the Harbours Act 1996 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes set out in that section,

shall, on and after that repeal, continue to vest in the Commission and the enactments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) shall, with all necessary modifications, be construed accordingly.

(2) A reference in an enactment that, immediately before the repeal of Part XIV of the Act of 2000 by section 6, was to be construed as a reference to An Bord Pleanála by virtue of section 214, 215, 215A, 215B or 215C of that Act shall, on and after that repeal, be construed as a reference to the Commission.

(3) In this section “local authority” includes the Dublin Docklands Authority.

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Continuance of vesting of certain functions

423. (1) It is hereby declared that all the functions that, immediately before the repeal of Part XIV of the Act of 2000 by section 6, vested in the Commission (formerly known as An Bord Pleanála) by virtue of sections 214, 215, 215A, 215B and 215C of that Act, namely—

(a) the functions conferred on the Minister of the Government concerned in relation to the compulsory acquisition of a maritime site by a local authority under the following enactments:

(i) the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878;

(ii) the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898;

(iii) the Local Government Act 1925;

(iv) the Water Supplies Act 1942;

(v) the Local Government (No. 2) Act 1960;

(vi) the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964;

(vii) the Act of 1966;

(viii) the Derelict Sites Act 1990;

(ix) the Roads Acts 1993 and 1998;

(x) the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997,

(b) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned in relation to a scheme or proposed road development under sections 49, 50 and 51 of the Act of 1993,

(c) the functions of—

(i) any Minister of the Government, or

(ii) the Commission for Energy Regulation,

under sections 31 and 32 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Gas Act 1976 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of a maritime site in respect of a strategic gas infrastructure development,

(d) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned under section 17 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of a maritime site for the purposes set out in section 18 of that Act, and

(e) the functions of the Minister of the Government concerned under section 16 of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the Harbours Act 1996 in relation to the compulsory acquisition of a maritime site for the purposes set out in that section,

shall, on and after that repeal, continue to vest in the Commission and the enactments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) shall, with all necessary modifications, be construed accordingly.

(2) A reference in an enactment that, immediately before the repeal of Part XIV of the Act of 2000 by section 6, was to be construed as a reference to An Bord Pleanála by virtue of section 214, 215, 215A, 215B or 215C of that Act shall, on and after that repeal, be construed as a reference to the Commission.

(3) In this section “local authority” includes the Dublin Docklands Authority.

C307

References construed (1.03.2016, dissolution day) by Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015 (55/2015), s. 7, commenced on enactment and S.I. No. 144 of 2016. The Council referred to is Dublin City Council.

Transfer of functions

7. (1) All functions that, immediately before the dissolution day, were vested in the Authority under subsections (1) (with the exception of functions vested under subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b)), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of section 18 of the Act of 1997 shall on that day stand transferred to the Council.

(2) References in any enactment (other than this Act) or instrument under an enactment to the Authority shall, to the extent that such references relate to a function transferred to the Council under this section, on and after the dissolution day, be construed as references to the Council.