Civil Defence Act 2012
Number 51 of 2012
CIVIL DEFENCE ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of Civil Defence Act 2012. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under 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 Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), enacted 27 March 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 182 of 2020), made 21 May 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 51 of 2012
CIVIL DEFENCE ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
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
Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(9)). The Acts in this group are:
• Air Raid Precautions Act 1939 (19/1939)
• Air Raid Precautions (Amendment) Act 1946 (28/1946)
• Civil Defence Act 2012 (51/2012)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(9), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 in so far as they amend the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 and the Civil Defence Act 2012.
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)
All Acts up to and including Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), enacted 27 March 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Civil Defence Board Dissolution Order 2012 (S.I. No. 570 of 2012)
All statutory instruments up to and including Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 182 of 2020), made 21 May 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 51 of 2012
CIVIL DEFENCE ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
3. Dissolution of Civil Defence Board.
4. Transfer of functions to Minister.
5. Transfer of land and other property.
7. Liability for loss occurring before dissolution day.
8. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Minister.
9. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved body.
10. Transfer of members of staff of dissolved body.
11. Preservation of contracts made by dissolved body.
13. Annual report of local authority.
14. Grants paid by Minister to local authorities for civil defence purposes.
Acts Referred to
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Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 |
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1939, No. 21 |
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Air-Raid Precautions Acts 1939 and 1946 |
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Carer’s Leave Act 2001 |
2001, No. 19 |
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2002, No. 16 |
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1998, No. 35 |
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1962, No. 11 |
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2005, No. 23 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2011 |
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Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
Number 51 of 2012
CIVIL DEFENCE ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE BOARD; TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE BOARD TO THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE; TO REPEAL THE CIVIL DEFENCE ACT 2002; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
[26th December, 2012]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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References to “county council” and “city council” construed (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 9(2), 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.
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