Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
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Number 7 of 2024 | ||
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MAYOR OF LIMERICK) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Mayor of Limerick | ||
11. Effect of election as Mayor at mayoral by-election on membership of local authority | ||
Other Structural Changes | ||
21. Abolition of office of Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of council | ||
Additional Functions of Mayor and Mayoral Office Structures | ||
34. Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group | ||
Amendment of Certain Enactments in Connection with Election of Mayor | ||
36. Amendment of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 | ||
Plebiscites on Direct Election of Mayors | ||
Removal of Mayor from Office | ||
60. Further statement of response and additional information to panel | ||
Miscellaneous Provisions | ||
66. Amendment of section 10 of Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 | ||
67. Amendment of section 42B of National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 | ||
Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 23 | ||
Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 26 | ||
Election of Mayor | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Returning Officer | ||
Manner of voting | ||
Nominations | ||
Agents of candidates | ||
Death of candidate | ||
Postal voting | ||
Voting by Special Voters | ||
Arrangements for Poll | ||
Poll | ||
Arrangement for counting of votes | ||
Rules for counting of votes | ||
Retention, inspection and disposal of documents | ||
Electoral offences | ||
Petitions | ||
Form of Ballot Paper | ||
Application of Principal Act to Limerick | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Abattoirs Act 1988 (No. 8) | ||
Affordable Housing Act 2021 (No. 25) | ||
Air Pollution Act 1987 (No. 6) | ||
Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15) | ||
Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3) | ||
Building Societies Act 1989 (No. 17) | ||
Central Bank Act 1971 (No. 24) | ||
Civil Defence Act 2023 (No. 17) | ||
Control of Dogs Act 1986 (No. 32) | ||
Control of Horses Act 1996 (No. 37) | ||
Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9) | ||
Credit Union Act 1997 (No. 15) | ||
Dangerous Substances Act 1972 (No. 10) | ||
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) | ||
Derelict Sites Act 1990 (No. 14) | ||
Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 (No. 29) | ||
Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 15) | ||
Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 33) | ||
Electoral Act 1992 (No. 23) | ||
Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25) | ||
Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30) | ||
European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009 (No. 17) | ||
Explosives Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict., c. 17) | ||
Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (No. 28) | ||
Finance Act 1993 (No. 13) | ||
Fire Services Act 1981 (No. 30) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (No. 26) | ||
Housing Act 1966 (No. 21) | ||
Housing Act 1988 (No. 28) | ||
Housing Acts 1966 to 2021 | ||
Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 (No. 37) | ||
Housing Finance Agency Acts 1981 to 2007 | ||
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) | ||
Intoxicating Liquor Act 1953 (No. 30) | ||
Intoxicating Liquor Act 1960 (No. 18) | ||
Land Development Agency Act 2021 (No. 26) | ||
Litter Pollution Act 1997 (No. 12) | ||
Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926 (No. 39) | ||
Local Authorities (Works) Act 1949 (No. 17) | ||
Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (No. 7) | ||
Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (No. 8) | ||
Local Elections Acts 1963 to 1992 | ||
Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014 | ||
Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (No. 21) | ||
Local Government Act 1941 (No. 23) | ||
Local Government Act 1991 (No. 11) | ||
Local Government Act 1998 (No. 16) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Local Government Act 2019 (No. 1) | ||
Local Government Acts 1925 to 2023 | ||
Maritime Safety Act 2005 (No. 11) | ||
Maternity Protection Act 1994 (No. 34) | ||
Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2018 | ||
National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23) | ||
National Treasury Management Agency Acts 1990 to 2022 | ||
Official Languages Act 2003 (No. 32) | ||
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 21) | ||
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts 1938 to 1998 | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c.93) | ||
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30) | ||
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict., c. 56.) | ||
Presidential Elections Act 1993 (No. 28) | ||
Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 (No. 31) | ||
Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14) | ||
Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict., c. 52) | ||
Referendum Act 1994 (No. 12) | ||
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (No. 28) | ||
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27) | ||
Roads Act 1993 (No. 14) | ||
Statutory Declarations Act 1938 (No. 37) | ||
Succession Act 1965 (No. 27) | ||
Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 (No. 21) | ||
Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10) | ||
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022 (No. 48) | ||
Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30) | ||
Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (No. 29) | ||
Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 38) | ||
Wildlife Act 1976 (No. 39) | ||
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Number 7 of 2024 | ||
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MAYOR OF LIMERICK) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024 | ||
An Act to provide for the establishment of an office of mayor for the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council and the election of a person to that office; to provide for the conferral of certain functions on the said mayor; to provide for ancillary structural changes in connection with the governance of that administrative area by Limerick City and County Council; to provide for the holding of plebiscites on the question of providing for the creation of offices of mayors for the administrative areas in relation to which such plebiscites are held and the election by the electors of those administrative areas of persons to such offices; for those purposes to amend the Electoral Act 1992 , the Electoral Act 1997 , the Litter Pollution Act 1997 , the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 , the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 and the Electoral Reform Act 2022 , to apply with modifications and amend the Local Government Act 2001 , and to repeal Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2019 ; to extend the circumstances within which a person may apply for an affordable dwelling purchase arrangement under the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and for that purpose to amend that Act; to provide for consultation with the Public Appointments Service prior to a declaration under the Local Government Act 2001 in relation to qualifications in respect of certain posts in the local government sector and for that purpose to further amend that Act; to increase the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency and for that purpose to amend the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 ; to extend the power of the Minister for Finance to direct the National Treasury Management Agency to pay money to the Land Development Agency in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 ; to provide for the raising of certain funds by the Land Development Agency and for that purpose to amend the Land Development Agency Act 2021 ; and to provide for matters connected therewith. | ||
[6th March, 2024] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |