S.I. No. 65/2002 - Local Government Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2002

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) hereby orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2002.

2. In this Order, “the Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001).

3. On 1 May 2002, section 19 of the Act of 2001 shall come into operation; and on that date also section 5(1) of and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act shall come into operation for the purposes of the repeal of section 11 of the Local Government Act, 1994 , (No. 8 of 1994).

4. (a) On 17 July 2002, Part 6 and Part 7 of the Act of 2001 and Schedule 10 to that Act, other than paragraph 3(3) and paragraph 5 of that Schedule shall come into operation.

(b) On 1 May 2004, paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 10 to the Act of 2001 shall come into operation.

5. On 17 July 2002, section 5(1) of and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 2001 shall come into operation to the extent specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

6. On 17 July 2002, section 5(2) of and Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 2001 shall come into operation to the extent specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

7. On 11 March 2002, section 5(1) of and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act of 2001 shall come into operation for the purposes of the repeal of section 4 of the City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955 (No. 12 of 1955) insofar as that section is not already repealed.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Acts Repealed

Article 5

Session and Chapter or Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
1	2	3
3 & 4 Vict. c. 108	Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act, 1840	The whole Act insofar as it is not already repealed.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 16	Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847	The whole Act insofar as it is not already repealed.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 103	Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854	Sections 27 and 28
61 & 62 Vict. c. 37	Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.	Sections 23(2) and 77.
2 Edw. 7. c. 38	Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902	Sections 14 and 15.
No. 5 of 1925	Local Government Act, 1925	Sections 58 and 64.
No. 1 of 1929	Cork City Management Act, 1929	Section 7.
No. 27 of 1930	Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930	Sections 31 and 37.
No. 35 of 1934	Limerick City Management Act, 1934	Sections 5(3) and 9.
No. 3 (Private) 1937	Local Government (Galway) Act, 1937	Sections 15 and 33.
No. 25 of 1939	Waterford City Management Act, 1939	Sections 4(3) and 8(6).
No. 12 of 1940	County Management Act, 1940	Section 18.
No. 23 of 1941	Local Government Act, 1941	Section 41.
No. 24 of 1946	Local Government Act, 1946	Sections 62, 63 and 66.
No. 9 of 1955	Local Government Act, 1955	Section 60.
No. 7 of 1985	Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985	Sections 9, 25 and 27 and the Fifth Schedule.
No. 11 of 1991	Local Government Act, 1991	Part VI.
No. 8 of 1994	Local Government Act, 1994	Part V.

Part 2

Orders Revoked

Article 6

Year and Number	Short Title	Extent of Revocation
1	2	3
1898 No. 1120	Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898	Articles 36 and 38 of the Schedule to the Order.

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 4th day of March, 2002.
	NOEL DEMPSEY,
	Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings into operation further specified provisions of the Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) mainly relating to local authority meetings and committees including repeals, with effect generally from 17 July 2002. New arrangements for casual vacancies apply from 1 May 2002.