State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014

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Number 27 of 2014


STATE AIRPORTS (SHANNON GROUP) ACT 2014


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and collective citation

2. Definitions

3. Expenses

4. Laying of orders

5. Repeals

PART 2

Shannon Group

6. Formation of Shannon Group Company

7. Share capital of Shannon Group

8. Obligation to hold shares in trust

9. Payment of dividends, etc. into Exchequer

10. Purposes, functions and general duties of Shannon Group

11. Powers of Shannon Group

12. Conferral of additional functions on Shannon Group

13. Borrowing by Shannon Group

14. Formation of subsidiaries

PART 3

Administration of Shannon Group

15. Memorandum and Articles of Association

16. Board of Shannon Group

17. Chairperson of Board of Shannon Group

18. Staff

19. Chief Executive

20. Chairperson and directors of subsidiaries

21. Accounts and audits

22. Chairperson’s report

23. Superannuation schemes - Shannon Group

24. Membership of Houses of Oireachtas or European Parliament

25. Disclosure by directors of certain interests

26. Disclosure by members of staff of certain interests

27. Giving of directions and issuing of guidelines by Minister to Shannon Group

PART 4

Transfer of Shares to Shannon Group

28. Shannon Airport transfer day and Shannon Commercial Enterprises transfer day

29. Cessation of membership of boards of Shannon Airport Authority and Shannon Development

30. Shannon Airport Authority Limited

PART 5

Restructuring of Airport Companies

31. Cork Airport Authority

32. Re-naming Dublin Airport Authority as daa

33. Consequential amendments relating to preceding sections

34. Amendment to superannuation schemes

PART 6

Shannon Commercial Enterprises

35. Re-naming Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited as Shannon Commercial Enterprises Limited

36. Shannon Commercial Enterprises liable to tax on income

37. Amendment of certain enactments

38. Transfer of land

39. Amendment of Customs-free Airport Act 1947

40. Transfer of equity holdings

41. Transfer of rights and obligations of Shannon Commercial Enterprises

42. Continuance of Shannon Development superannuation schemes

43. Commencement of Part 6

PART 7

Miscellaneous Amendments - Airports

44. Prohibition on dazzling aircraft

45. Airport bye-laws

46. Airport may make charges for vehicle parking and removal of immobilisation devices, etc.

47. Requirement to move unlawfully parked vehicles in certain circumstances

48. Powers of authorised officers at airport

49. Immunity of authorised officers and authorised persons

50. Authorised officers and authorised persons

51. Fixed payment notice and declarations

52. Directors of company and subsidiary of company

PART 8

Article XI (Alternative A) of Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) - The Aircraft Equipment Protocol

53. Powers of Government to make order to give effect to Article XI (Alternative A) of Aircraft Protocol to Cape Town Convention

PART 9

Amendment of Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 and Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995

54. Amendment of Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982

55. Amendment of Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995

SCHEDULE 1

Enactments Repealed

SCHEDULE 2

Shareholdings to be Transferred to Enterprise Ireland


Acts Referred to

Aer Lingus Act 2004 (No. 10)

Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 24)

Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973 (No. 29)

Air Navigation and Transport Act 1988 (No. 15)

Airports and Aviation Acts 1936 to 2004

Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (No. 1)

Capital Gains Tax Acts

Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 20)

Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)

Companies Acts

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8)

Criminal Justice Act 1984 (No. 22)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26)

Customs-free Airport Act 1947 (No. 5)

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22)

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Act 2005 (No. 15)

Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 (No. 17)

Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25)

Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27)

Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1961 (No. 31)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1963 (No. 27)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1965 (No. 14)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1968 (No. 13)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1970 (No. 9)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1974 (No. 21)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1978 (No. 3)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1980 (No. 28)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 12)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1986 (No. 20)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act 1989 (No. 13)

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act 1959 (No. 36)

State Airports Act 2004 (No. 32)

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (No. 3)

Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1977 (No. 6)

Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (No. 13)

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Number 27 of 2014


STATE AIRPORTS (SHANNON GROUP) ACT 2014


An Act to provide for the establishment of a body known in the English language as Shannon Group, public limited company, or in the Irish language as Grúpa na Sionainne, cuideachta phoiblí theoranta, to define its functions, to provide for the transfer of shares held by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in Shannon Airport Authority, public limited company and in Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited to Shannon Group public limited company, to provide for the transfer of the ownership of lands held by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport at the Shannon Customs-Free Airport to Shannon Commercial Enterprises, to enable the Government by order to give effect to Article XI (Alternative A) of the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment that was opened for signature at Cape Town on 16 November 2001, to re-name the Dublin Airport Authority public limited company, to re-name Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited, to provide for the dissolution and reestablishment of Cork Airport Authority public limited company, to amend the Airports and Aviation Acts 1936 to 2004 and the Customs-free Airport Act 1947, to provide for consequential amendments to certain other enactments, to amend the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 and the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 and to provide for related matters. [27 th July, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: