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Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019
Number 12 of 2019
AIRCRAFT NOISE (DUBLIN AIRPORT) REGULATION ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 27 July 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019. 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.
All Acts up to and including the Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Act 2026 (36/2026), enacted 23 July 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including the European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Belarus) (No. 3) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 370 of 2026), made 24 July 2026, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 12 of 2019
AIRCRAFT NOISE (DUBLIN AIRPORT) REGULATION ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 27 July 2026
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
1. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
3. Designation of competent authority
4. Exclusive competence of competent authority in relation to operating restrictions
Process of Aircraft Noise Regulation (Including Adoption of Balanced Approach) and Appeals
9. Process of Aircraft Noise Regulation
10. Appeal to Board against relevant regulatory decision
Amendment of Planning and Development Act 2000
11. Amendment of Act of 2000 - insertion of sections 34A to 34C
12. Amendment of Act of 2000 - insertion of sections 37R and 37S
13. Amendment of section 50 of Act of 2000
14. Amendment of section 144 of Act of 2000
15. Amendment of section 247 of Act of 2000
16. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Act of 2000
17. Amendment of Fifth Schedule to Act of 2000
18. Amendment of Seventh Schedule to Act of 2000 and related transitional provisions
Monitoring, Review and Enforcement
19. Implementation of noise mitigation measures, etc., by airport authority
21. Monitoring by competent authority
22. Definitions - sections 23 to 25
23. Issue of enforcement notices
24. Application for cancellation of direction specified in enforcement notice
Notification Requirements
26. Notification of new operating restrictions
27. European Commission review
Miscellaneous
28. Power to specify form of documents
29. Transitional provisions - noise mitigation measures (Repealed)
30. Transitional provisions - operating restrictions (Repealed)
Acts Referred to
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)
Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018
Number 12 of 2019
AIRCRAFT NOISE (DUBLIN AIRPORT) REGULATION ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 27 July 2026
An Act for the purposes of giving further effect to the Aircraft Noise Regulation in so far as it relates to Dublin Airport and to make additional provision for the regulation of aircraft noise at Dublin Airport; for those purposes, to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to cater for the situation where development at Dublin Airport may give rise to an aircraft noise problem; and to provide for related matters.
[22nd May, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: