Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006


Number 42 of 2006


LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023


This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.


Number 42 of 2006


LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023


Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), s. 3(3)). The Acts in this group are:

Local Government Act 1925 (5/1925)

Local Government Act 1927 (3/1927)

Local Government Act 1941 (23/1941)

Local Government Act 1946 (24/1946)

Local Government Act 1955 (9/1955)

Local Government (No. 2) Act 1960 (40/1960)

Local Government (Buncrana) Act 1968 (2/1968)

Local Government (Rateability of Rents) (Abolition) Act 1971 (15/1971), in so far as it amends Local Governmet Acts 1925 to 1967

Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 (35/1978)

Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1983 (21/1983)

Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (10/1983)

Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985)

Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991)

Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994)

Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 (29/1997)

Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998)

Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 2000 (6/2000)

Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), other than ss. 263, 164, 211, Part 23 and Part 24

Local Government Act 2003 (8/2003)

Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (No. 17 of 2003) (17/2002)

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), ss. 34

Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), ss. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 (39/2007), Part 3

Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 1(7), 13 and 115

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (17/2012), Part 4

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), Part 9

Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), other than ss. 1(3)-(8), 5(3)-(5) and sch. 2

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014), s. 57

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(2)(c), 52

Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019)

Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), other than ss. 23, 24, 25, 26

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2023), s. 2

Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 (7/2020), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:

Valuation Act 2001 (13/2001)

Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), s. 8

Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(3), 5 and sch. 2 part 6 in so far as it relates to Valuation Act 2001

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014), s. 16

Water Services Act 2014 (44/2014), s. 12

Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 (10/2015)

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Act 2019 (42/2019), s. 6

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 (7/2020), s. 14

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 165 of 2007)

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.


Number 42 of 2006


LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023



Acts Referred to

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2004

Valuation Act 2001

2001, No. 13


Number 42 of 2006


LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF RATING AUTHORITIES, TO ENABLE SCHEMES UNDER WHICH PROJECTS, SERVICES AND WORKS ARE CARRIED OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE DISTRICTS, TO FINANCE THE SCHEMES BY PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A LEVY ON RATEABLE PROPERTIES SITUATED IN THOSE DISTRICTS, TO IMPROVE LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING BY PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF LEVIES APPLICABLE IN RELATION TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROPERTIES, TO MAKE NEW PROVISION IN RELATION TO AUDIT COMMITTEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, TO AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS 1925 TO 2004 FOR ALL SUCH PURPOSES, TO AMEND THE VALUATION ACT 2001, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[24th December, 2006]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: