Dublin Transport Authority Act, 2008

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 15/2008

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Number 15 of 2008

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DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2008

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2022

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), enacted 25 July 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) (Fares Scheme) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 368 of 2022), made 15 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 15 of 2008

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DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2008

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2022

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was first passed.

Related legislation

National Transport Authority Acts 2008 to 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 10(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (15/2008)

• Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (37/2009), Part 3

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 10

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 1

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions. A version without annotations, showing only textual amendments, is also available.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020)

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016)

• Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015 (55/2015)

• Roads Act 2015 (14/2015)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014)

• State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013)

• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)

• Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (37/2009)

All Acts up to and including Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), enacted 25 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) (Fares Scheme) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 368 of 2022)

• European Union (Interbus Agreement) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 694 of 2020)

• National Transport Authority (Public Passenger Transport Services) Bye-Laws 2019 (S.I. No. 273 of 2019)

• National Transport Authority Superannuation Scheme 2017 (S.I. No. 471 of 2017)

• National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 237 of 2013)

• European Union (Rights of Passengers when Travelling by Bus and Coach Transport) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 152 of 2013)

• European Union (Rights of Passengers when Travelling by Sea and Inland Waterway) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 394 of 2012)

• European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Section 58) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 468 of 2010)

• National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 467 of 2010)

• National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 139 of 2010)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Amendments of Planning and Development Act 2000) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 574 of 2009)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Dissolution of Dublin Transportation office) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 474 of 2009)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Part 2) (Establishment Day) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 459 of 2009)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Parts 3, 4, 5 and Section 115(2)) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 458 of 2009)

• Planning and Development (Regional Planning Guidelines) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 100 of 2009)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Parts 1, 7, 8 and 9) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 291 of 2008)

All statutory instruments up to and including National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) (Fares Scheme) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 368 of 2022), made 15 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 15 of 2008

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DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2008

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2022

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Acts Referred to

Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005
Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies Act 1996	1996, No. 22
Carer’s Leave Act 2001	2001, No. 19
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005
Companies Act 1963	1963, No. 33
Companies Act 1990	1990, No. 33
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993	1993, No. 8
Disability Act 2005	2005, No. 14
Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997	1997, No. 7
European Parliament Elections Act 1997	1997, No. 2
Freedom of Information Act 1997	1997, No. 13
Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005	2005, No. 21
Local Government Act 1991	1991, No. 11
Local Government Act 2001	2001, No. 37
Local Government (Roads Functions) Act 2007	2007, No. 38
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
National Development Finance Agency Act 2002	2002, No. 29
National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2007	2007, No. 16
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997	1997, No. 20
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
Planning and Development Act 2000	2000, No. 30
Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002	2002, No. 32
Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006	2006, No. 27
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003	2003, No. 29
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001	2001, No. 45
Railway Safety Act 2005	2005, No. 31
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007
Roads Act 1993	1993, No. 14
Road Safety Authority Act 2006	2006, No. 14
Road Traffic Act 1961	1961, No. 24
Road Traffic Act 2002	2002, No. 12
Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006	2006, No. 28
Road Transport Act 1932	1932, No. 2
Road Transport Act 1986	1986, No. 16
Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Act 1877	40 & 41, Vict. c. cxxxiv
State Airports Act 2004	2004, No. 32
State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002	2002, No. 1
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001
Transport Act 1950	1950, No. 12
Transport Act 1958	1958, No. 19
Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001	2001, No. 55
Transport (Re-organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986	1986, No. 31
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007

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Number 15 of 2008

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DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHROITY ACT 2008

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2022

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BODY TO BE KNOWN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS THE DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY OR IN THE IRISH LANGUAGE AS ÚDARÁS IOMPAIR BHAILE ÁTHA CLIATH, TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000, THE TRANSPORT (RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE) ACT 2001, THE DUBLIN DOCKLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 1997, THE GRANGEGORMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACT 2005, THE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1986 AND THE TRANSPORT (RE-ORGANISATION OF CÓRAS IOMPAIR ÉIREANN) ACT 1986, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE DUBLIN TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, TO PROVIDE THAT SECTION 15 OF THE SAINT STEPHEN’S GREEN (DUBLIN) ACT 1877 DOES NOT APPLY TO INSPECTIONS, SURVEYS OR RAILWAY WORKS OR THE OPERATION OF A RAILWAY, LIGHT RAILWAY OR METRO UNDER THE TRANSPORT...