Sport Ireland Act 2015
Number 15 of 2015
SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 16 September 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Sport Ireland Act 2015. 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.
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Number 15 of 2015
SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 16 September 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
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.
Annotations
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Material not updated in this revision
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)
All Acts up to and including Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (14/2020), enacted 11 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020)
• Sport Ireland Employee Superannuation Scheme 2015 (S.I. No. 684 of 2016)
• Sport Ireland Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 415 of 2015)
All statutory instruments up to and including Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020), made 15 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 15 of 2015
SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 16 September 2020
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
Sport Ireland
Establishment and functions
7. Establishment of Sport Ireland
11. Criteria, terms and conditions of assistance
12. Government policy and Minister’s directions
14. Advances by Minister to Sport Ireland
17. Annual report and information to Minister
19. Public Private Partnership arrangements
20. Subsidiaries of Sport Ireland and other matters
21. Borrowing by Sport Ireland or subsidiaries
Chief Executive
23. Accountability to Committees of Oireachtas
Staff and superannuation
Property
26. Acquisition of land by Sport Ireland
28. Amendment of Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999
The site
Dissolution of Irish Sports Council and National Sports Campus Development Authority
Dissolution and transfer of functions
30. Dissolution of Council and Authority
31. References to Council or Authority in enactments
32. Transfer of land and other property
34. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day
36. Final accounts and annual report of Council
37. Final accounts and annual report of Authority
Transfer of staff and superannuation
38. Transfer of staff of Council and Authority
Anti-Doping
41. National anti-doping organisation
42. Anti-doping and Irish Anti-Doping Rules
45. Continuance of Irish Anti-Doping Rules
Sport Ireland
Provisions Relating to Compulsory Acquisition
Acts Referred to
Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c.57)
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)
Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)
Companies Act 1990 (No. 33)
Companies Acts
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8)
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)
Irish Sports Council Act 1999 (No. 6)
Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 2008
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 18)
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006 (No. 19)
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)
Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37)
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (No. 28)
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012
Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (No. 12)
Roads Act 1993 (No. 14)
Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31)
State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002 (No. 1)
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
Number 15 of 2015
SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 16 September 2020
An Act to provide for the administration and development of sport in the State; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as Spórt Éireann or in the English language as Sport Ireland; to provide for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority; to update the law in relation to doping in sport; and to provide for related matters.
[13 th May, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Functions transferred and references to “Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport” and “Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport” construed (16.09.2020) by Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020), arts. 2 and 3, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.
Note change of name of Department and Minister to Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (30.09 2020) by Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 403 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
(2) References to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport by or under — ...
(c) the Sport Ireland Act 2015 (No. 15 of 2015),
...
are transferred to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
(2) References to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.