S.I. No. 517/2020 - Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) Order 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th November, 2020.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3)(a) of section 29 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (No. 13 of 2020), and being of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so having regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (4) of that section as they relate to the State bodies to which the following order applies, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) Order 2020.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 9 November 2020.

2. The following State bodies are designated for the purposes of section 29 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (No. 13 of 2020):

An Bord Pleanála, established under section 3 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976 (No. 20 of 1976);

Ordnance Survey Ireland, established under section 3 of the Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001 (No. 43 of 2001);

The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, established under Article 4 of the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012 ( S.I. No. 264 of 2012 );

The Housing Finance Agency, established under section 2 of the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 (No. 37 of 1981);

The Land Development Agency, established under Article 4 of the Land Development Agency (Establishment) Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 352 of 2018 ), as amended by Article 2 of the Land Development Agency (Amendment) Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 603 of 2018 );

The National Oversight and Audit Commission, established under Part 12A of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001), as inserted by section 61 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014);

The Property Registration Authority, established under section 9 of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (No. 12 of 2006);

The Pyrite Resolution Board, established under section 8 of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 (No. 51 of 2013);

The Residential Tenancies Board, established under section 150 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004), as re-named under section 13 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015); and

The Water Forum, established under section 25 of the Water Services Act 2017 (No. 29 of 2017).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 November, 2020.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.