Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
Definitions (Part 4)
29. (1) In this Part—
“Act of 2015” means the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015;
“delivery board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 33;
F3["Limerick City and County Development Plan" means a development plan relating to Limerick for the time being in force—
(a) made under Chapter 5 of Part 3 of the Act of 2024,
(b) continued in force by virtue of section 68 of the Act of 2024, or
(c) prepared, or varied, in accordance with section 69 of the Act of 2024;]
“Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan” means the part of the regional spatial and economic strategy for the Southern Region relating to the area referred to in that strategy as the Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area;
“Mayoral programme” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31;
“National Development Plan” means the National Development Plan 2021-2030 published by the Government on 4 October 2021 or any document published by the Government which amends or replaces that plan;
“National Planning Framework” has the same meaning as it has in the F4[Act of 2024];
“ordinary meeting” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Principal Act;
“public body” means—
(a) a Minister of the Government,
(b) a local authority,
(c) a body (other than a company) established by or under an enactment, or
(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;
“regional spatial and economic strategy” means a regional spatial and economic strategy made under F4[Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Act of 2024];
“transport sub-group” has the meaning assigned to it by section 34.
Annotations
Amendments:
F3
Substituted (31.12.2025) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 (9/2025), s. 34(1), S.I. No. 634 of 2025.
F4
Substituted (2.10.2025) by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 631 and sch. 7 ref. no. 67, S.I. No. 452 of 2025.
Editorial Notes:
E5
Previous affecting provision: definition of "Limerick City and County Development Plan" substituted by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 631 and sch. 7 item 67, not commenced; deleted (31.12.2025) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 (9/2025), s. 34(2), S.I. No. 634 of 2025.
