Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018
Interpretation
66. (1) In this Part—
F2[…]
F3["Act of 2021" means the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021;]
“coastal waters” means, in relation to the State—
(a) surface water on the landward side of a line, every point of which is at a distance of one nautical mile on the seaward side from the nearest point of the baseline (within the meaning of F4[the Act of 2021]), and
(b) the outer limit of those bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths that are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to surface water referred to in paragraph (a) and that are substantially influenced by freshwater flows;
“company” has the meaning assigned to it by the Companies Act 2014;
“Directive” means Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 20145establishing a framework for marine spatial planning;
“enactment” has the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation Act 2005;
“marine spatial plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 69;
“maritime area” means—
(a) the foreshore within the meaning of the Foreshore Act 1933,
(b) F4[the territorial sea within the meaning of the Act of 2021],
(c) the exclusive economic zone within the meaning of F4[the Act of 2021],
(d) any area of the sea bed or subsoil outside the said foreshore, F4[territorial sea] and exclusive economic zone over which the State has rights for the purposes of exploration thereof and exploitation of natural resources, and
(e) coastal waters;
“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government;
“North-East Atlantic marine region” means the marine region to which the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, done at Paris on 22 September 1992, applies;
“public body” means—
(a) a Minister of the Government,
(b) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001,
(c) a body (other than a company) established by or under an enactment,
(d) a company established pursuant to a power conferred by or under an enactment, and financed wholly or partly by—
(i) moneys provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government, or
(ii) the issue of shares held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government.
(2) A word or expression used in this Part that is also used in the Directive shall have the meaning that it has in the Directive.
Annotations:
Amendments:
F2
Deleted (22.11.2021) by Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (28/2021), s. 20(3) and sch. 3 item 38(a), S.I. No. 601 of 2021.
F3
Inserted (22.11.2021) by Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (28/2021), s. 20(3) and sch. 3 item 38(b), S.I. No. 601 of 2021.
F4
Substituted (22.11.2021) by Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (28/2021), s. 20(3) and sch. 3 item 38(c), (d), S.I. No. 601 of 2021.