Number 1 of 2014

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 21 August 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 the 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 Government Acts 1925 to 1967

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

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1983 (10/1983)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (21/1983)

• 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 2000 (25/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001) (other than ss. 163, 164 and 211 and Parts 23 and 24)

• Local Government Act 2003 (8/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), s. 34

• Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), ss. 2 to 7

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

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

• 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 s. 1(3) to (8), s. 5(3) to (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 to 27

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

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1930 (26/1930)

• Local Government Act 1933 (5/1933)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1934 (5/1934)

• Local Government (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934 (44/1934)

• Local Government Act 1936 (46/1936)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1939 (9/1939)

• Local Government Act 1953 (12/1953)

• Local Government Act 1958 (9/1958)

• Local Government Act 1959 (10/1959)

• Local Government Act 1960 (23/1960)

• Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act 1974 (6/1974)

• Local Government (Toll Roads) Act 1979 (34/1979)

Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (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), subs. 1(3), s. 33 and so much of sch. 2 part 6 as relates to the Valuation Act 2001 (13/2001)

• 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

Housing Acts 1966 to 2021: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Housing Act 1966 (21/1966)

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 (27/1979)

• Housing Act 1988 (28/1988), other than ss. 27 and 28

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (18/1992), other than ss. 38(3) and (4) and ss. 29 and 30

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (21/1997), other than s. 24(3) and ss. 16 and 17

• Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 (33/1998), other than ss. 26 and 27

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (9/2002), other than ss. 17 to 20, 22, 23 and 24 and schs. 2 and 3

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (43/2004), other than s. 2

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009), other than s. 100

• Housing (Amendment) Act 2013 (22/2013)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(4), 5(3), sch. 2 part 1 and sch. 4 paras. 1 and 14 (in so far as they relate to the Housing Act 1966) and para. 16.

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014)

• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (42/2015), ss. 15, 85, 87

• Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (47/2019), s. 67 and s. 1(2)

• Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021)

Acts previously included in the collective citation and construction but now repealed are:

• Housing Act 1984 (1/1984)

• Housing Act 1969 (16/1969)

• Housing Act 1970 (18/1970)

Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(5)). The Acts in the group are:

• Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974)

• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985), so much of the Act as relates to local elections

• Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991), Part III and so much of Part IV as relates to local elections

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997), Parts VII and VIII insofar as they relate to local elections

• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998), ss. 9 and 10

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999) (other than s. 1(4) and so much of s. 25 as relates to the European Parliament elections)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), Parts 3, 4, Chapter 3 of Part 5 and s. 243

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009) (other than s. 9)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(5), 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2 in so far as it relates to the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994), Parts II and III

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1986 (35/1986), in so far as it relates to local elections

Electoral Acts 1992 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 (43/1996)

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1998 (4/1998)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (19/1998) (repealed)

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999)

• Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (31/2001), in so far as it relates to functions of the Commission under the Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2002 (23/2002)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (16/2005)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2007 (14/2007)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009), other than s. 9

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 (14/2011)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2012 (27/2012)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 (7/2013)

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), other than Parts 8 and 9

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(6), s. 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2, sch. 4 paras. 17 and 18, in so far as it relates to the Electoral Act 1992

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014 (8/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2014 (24/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (62/2015), ss. 3, 4

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (5/2016)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 (39/2017)

• Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (22/2018), ss. 71, 73

• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 (7/2019), s. 8

• Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 6-30, 41-59, 61-69, 72, 77-114, 173

Building Control Acts 1990 to 2020: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), s. 1(2)(b)). The Acts in the group are:

• Building Control Act 1990 (3/1990)

• Building Control Act 2007 (21/2007)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(7), 5(5) and Part 3 of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014)

• Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), s. 5

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (47/2022), reg. 1(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Planning and Development Act 2000 (30/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), ss. 2, 5(3) and sch. 4 (in so far as they relate to the Act of 2000) and s. 247

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002 (32/2002), Parts 2 and 3

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (43/2004), s. 2

• Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (27/2006)

• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 114 and 1(6)

• Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (26/2009), ss. 7(1), (2) and 21(3)

• Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Act 2010 (17/2010)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (30/2010) (other than Part 3)

• Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (20/2011), Part 5

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), Part 8

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(8), 5(7) and sch. 2 part 4

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 (63/2015)

• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(1), (2)(a), (3), 2-29

• Planning and Development Act 2017 (20/2017)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), other than Part 4 and sch. 3 ref. nos. 12-18

• European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), Parts 2, 3, 4 and schs. 1 and 2

• Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 (12/2019), Part 3

• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 38

• Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), ss. 23, 24

• European Union (Waste Water Discharge) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 214 of 2020), Part II (reg. 5)

• Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 9

• Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020)

• Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2021 (11/2021), Part 2 chapters 2 (ss. 4-11), 5 (s. 15)

• Planning and Development (Large Scale Residential Developments) Act 2021 (40/2021)

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), Part 8 (ss. 171-174) and schs. 10-12

• Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (29/2022), Part 2 (ss. 2-41)

• Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (47/2022), Part 2 (ss. 2-14)

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 (21/1939)

• 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)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Civil Defence Act 2002 (16/2002)

Control of Dogs Acts 1986 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(10)). The Acts in this group are:

• Control of Dogs Act 1986 (32/1986)

• Control of Dogs (Amendment) Act 1992 (13/1992)

• Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 (29/2010), part 3

• Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (15/2013), s. 77

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(10), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Control of Dogs Act 1986 and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010)

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2023: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), s. 1(4)). The Acts in this group are:

• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (2/1994)

• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (16/2003)

• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011 (5/2011)

• Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (15/2013), s. 77

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(11), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994)

• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), s. 63

Education and Training Boards Acts 2013 and 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(12)). The Acts in this group are:

• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(12) and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Education and Training Boards Act 2013)

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022, s. 1(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Foreshore Act 1933 (12/1933)

• Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992 (17/1992)

• Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1998 (54/1998), s. 5 and ss. 1 and 7 in so far as they relate to s. 5

• Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 (21/2003), s. 32 and s. 2 in so far as it relates to s. 32

• Maritime Safety Act 2005 (11/2005), Part 6

• Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Act 2007 (17/2007), s. 35

• Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009 (39/2009), other than s. 1(3) and (5), Part 3 and sch. 2

• Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2011 (11/2011)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(13), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992)

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2022), Part 9, chapters 1 (ss. 175-181), 3 (ss. 183-186)

• Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 47/2022), Part 3 (ss. 15-21)

Health Acts 1947 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022 (20/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Health Act 1947 (28/1947)

• Health Act 1953 (26/1953)

• Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 (46/1960)

• Health Act 1970 (1/1970)

• Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (12/1977), s. 36 and s. 42 in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 1970

• Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 (20/1979)

• Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 (4/1985)

• Health (Amendment) Act 1986 (10/1986)

• Health (Amendment) Act 1987 (3/1987)

• Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 (23/1990)

• Health (Amendment) Act 1991 (15/1991), other than s. 8

• Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (11/1994)

• Health (Amendment) Act 1996 (15/1996)

• Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1996 (23/1996)

• Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 (32/1996), other than ss. 21 and 22

• Health (Provision of Information) Act 1997 (9/1997)

• Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 (13/1999)

• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (14/2001), except in so far as it relates to the Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act 1988

• Health Act 2004 (42/2004)

• Health (Amendment) Act 2005 (3/2005), in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 2004

• Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (3/2006), Part 5

• Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (17/2006)

• Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006 (22/2006), except s. 6

• Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007 (1/2007)

• Health Act 2007 (23/2007)

• Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 57(9)

• Health Act 2008 (21/2008)

• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (25/2009), s. 64

• Health (Amendment) Act 2010 (15/2010)

• Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010 (20/2010)

• Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011), ss. 35 and 36

• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 (10/2013)

• Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (14/2013), s. 30

• Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (23/2013)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(14), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Health (Flouridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960)

• Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014)

• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (28/2014)

• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015 (19/2015)

• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2018 (13/2018)

• Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (17/2019), other than Part 3

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019), Part 2

• Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 (11/2020)

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), Part 2 (s. 5)

• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022 (20/2022), other than s. 7

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Health Act 1954 (23/1954)

• Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1

• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s.1

• Health (Homes For Incapacitated Persons) Act 1964 (8/1964)

• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1

• Health (Mental Services) Act 1981 (17/1981)

• Health (Amendment) Act 2004 (19/2004)

Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Act 2022 (8/2022), s. 16(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60)

• Merchant Shipping (Exemption from Pilotage) Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 61)

• Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 14)

• Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7 c. 48)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7 c. 52)

• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920 (10 Geo. 5 c. 2)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5 c. 28)

• Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act 1933 (29/1933)

• Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1933 (42/1933)

• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1939 (12/1939)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1947 (46/1947)

• Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952 (29/1952)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1966 (20/1966)

• Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1968 (17/1968)

• Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979 (37/1979)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1981 (33/1981)

• Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (2/1992)

• Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993 (34/1993)

• Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1996 (35/1996)

• Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Act 1997 (37/1997)

• Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998 (20/1998)

• Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000 (14/2000)

• Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (9/2005), s. 28

• Maritime Safety Act 2005 (11/2005), other than Parts 5 and 6

• Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (14/2010), other than s. 93

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(15), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993)

• Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014)

• Harbours Act 2015 (61/2015), s. 51

• Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Act 2022 (8/2022)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners & Others) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 32)

• Pilotage Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5 c. 31)

• Merchant Shipping (Certificates) Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 42)

• Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 50)

• Merchant Shipping (Salvage) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5 c. 41)

• Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 38)

• Merchant Shipping (Helm Orders) Act 1932 (32/1932)

• Pilotage (Amendment) Act 1962 (2/1962)

• Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1983 (27/1983), s. 8 in so far as it amends the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and s. 10(2)

National Monuments Acts 1930 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(16)). The Acts in this group are:

• National Monuments Act 1930 (2/1930)

• National Monuments Act 1954 (37/1954)

• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987 (17/1987)

• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 (17/1994)

• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 (22/2004)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(16), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the National Monuments Act 1930)

Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(17)). The Acts in this group are:

• Protection of Employment Act 1977 (7/1977)

• Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (45/2001), in so far as it applies to the Protection of Employment Act 1977

• Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (27/2007), in so far as it applies to the Protection of Employment Act 1977

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(17), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 and the Protection of Employment Act 1977)

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Act 2022 (3/2022), s. 5(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (21/1967)

• Redundancy Payments Act 1971 (20/1971)

• Redundancy Payments Act 1973 (11/1973) (not amended)

• Redundancy Payments Act 1979 (7/1979)

• Protection of Employees (Employer’s Insolvency) Act 1984 (21/1984), s. 12

• Social Welfare Act 1990 (5/1990), ss. 26, 27 and 29

• Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (5/1991), in so far as it relates to the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 1990

• Social Welfare Act 1991 (7/1991), s. 39 other than subs. (2)

• Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (45/2001), in so far as it relates to the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 1990

• Redundancy Payments Act 2003 (14/2003)

• Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (27/2007), insofar as it relates to the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003

• Social Welfare Act 2011 (37/2011), Part 3

• Social Welfare Act 2012 (43/2012), Part 3

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(19), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967)

• Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Act 2022 (3/2022), other than s. 4

Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts in2cluded in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(20)). The Acts in the group are:

• Sea Pollution Act 1991 (27/1991)

• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (35/1995) insofar as it amends Sea Pollution Act 1991

• Dumping at Sea Act 1996 (14/1996), s. 12

• Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999 (18/1999)

• Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (29/2006), s. 1(3) and Part 3 (ss. 19-37)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(19), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999 and the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006)

Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(21)). The Acts in this group are:

• Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 (5/1994)

• Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (45/2001) in so far as it relates to the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994

• Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 (32/2012), s. 18

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(21), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 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 in the Legislation Directory at www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019)

• Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015 (55/2015)

• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (28/2014)

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014)

• Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014 (8/2014)

All Acts up to and including Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023 (25/2023), enacted 20 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 494 of 2017)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Rates) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 484 of 2017)

• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 62 of 2015)

• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014)

• Local Government (Audit Committee) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 244 of 2014)

• Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 236 of 2014)

• County and City Development Boards Dissolution Order 2014 (S.I. No. 233 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Dissolution of the County Tipperary Joint Libraries Committee and Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 232 of 2014)

• Local Government (Application of Certain Provisions of the Local Government Act 2001 to Municipal District Members) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 230 of 2014)

• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 228 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Transfer Date) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 216 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 215 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 146 of 2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014)

All statutory instruments up to and including National Oversight and Audit Commission (Number of Members) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 428 of 2023), made 21 August 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.