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Prospective affecting provision: references construed by Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), s. 26 and sch. 1 part 2, not in effect as of date of revision.

Director general

26. (1) The chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act referred to as the “director general”.

(2) The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) On and after the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.

(4) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

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SCHEDULE 1

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PART 2

Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 26

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No. 30 of 2007        Water Services Act 2007          The whole Act.

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Certain functions in relation to Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 transferred (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 24(2), S.I. No. 214 of 2014 and S.I. No. 216 of 2014 (transfer day).

Dissolution of town councils and transfer date

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(2) On the transfer date each town council stands dissolved and ceases to exist and—

(a) the local authority for a county or a city and county in which a town whose town council is so dissolved is situated shall, for all purposes, become and be the successor to the town council on that date, and

(b) the area of a town whose town council is so dissolved shall, for the purposes of all functions of the local authority (whether under the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 or otherwise) for the county or city and county in which the town is situated, be included in and form part of that county or city and county.

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Certain references construed (1.05.2014) by Local Government Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 9(2)(3), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas

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(2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed, in any enactment—

(a) to a county council or a city council (including a reference construed by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a county council or to a city council, as the case may be) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council or a city and county council, and

(b) to a county council and a city council (including a reference so construed) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council and a city and county council.

(3) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed, in any enactment—

(a) to the administrative area of a county council or the administrative area of a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council or the administrative area of a city and county council, and

(b) to the administrative area of a county council and the administrative area of a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council and the administrative area of a city and county council.

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Certain functions in relation to Act transferred and references construed (1.01.2014) by Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), ss. 7(1),(2),(4), 8 and s. 10, S.I. No. 575 of 2013 and S.I. No. 576 of 2013 (transfer day).

Transfer day

6. The Minister shall, by order, appoint a day to be the transfer day for the purposes of this Act.

Transfer of functions from water service authorities to Irish Water

7. (1) Subject to section 10, all functions conferred on water services authorities by the Act of 2007 (other than an excluded provision and section 22) shall, on the transfer day, stand transferred to Irish Water.

(2) References to a water services authority or relevant water services authority in—

(a) the Act of 2007 or in any instrument made under that Act, or

(b) any other enactment (other than the Act of 2013) or instrument under any other enactment,

in so far as they relate to any function transferred by this Act, shall on and after the transfer day, be construed as references to Irish Water.

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(4) References to a sanitary authority in any enactment or instrument under any enactment shall, on and after the transfer day, in so far as they relate to any function transferred by subsection (3), be construed as references to Irish Water.

Transfer of functions under certain other enactments to Irish Water

8. (1) The functions of a local authority under section 2 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 shall, on the transfer day and in so far only as that section relates to the Act of 2007, stand transferred to Irish Water and, accordingly, references in that section to a local authority shall be construed as including references to Irish Water.

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(3) This section shall cease to have effect upon the commencement of section 21.

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Continuance of certain functions of water service authorities

10. Functions transferred to Irish Water under section 7 shall, on and after the transfer day continue to be performable by a water services authority for the purposes of the performance of its functions under an excluded provision and, accordingly, for those purposes references in the Act of 2007 that, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 7, are to be construed as references to Irish Water shall be construed as including references to a water services authority.

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Application of Act and collectively cited Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 to 2007 and Inland Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2010 affected (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 42(22), 46(3), 63(2) and sch. 2, in effect as per reg. 1(3).

Screening for Appropriate Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European Sites

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(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies.

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Review of existing plans

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(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a decision, including a decision to adopt or undertake, or give approval for a plan, may include those adopted, undertaken or approved pursuant to any of the enactements set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

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General Provisions regarding licences etc.

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(2) A licence, consent, permission, permit, derogation or other authorisation given under these Regulations or under any of the enactments referred to in the Second Schedule may include conditions requiring compliance with guideline or code or practice issued under Regulation or such provisions thereof as may be specified in the conditions.

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SECOND SCHEDULE