Local Government Act, 2001

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 37/2001

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Number 37 of 2001

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001

REVISED

Updated to 8 Mar 2023

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Local Government Act 2001. 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 Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 (4/2023), enacted 2 March 2023, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 107 of 2023), made 7 March 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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 37 of 2001

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001

REVISED

Updated to 8 March 2023

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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

Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001: Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), Part 15 Ethical Framework for the Local Government Service, deals with the same subject matter as the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001.

Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014: this Act (Parts 3, 4, Chapter 3 of Part 5 and s. 243) is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(5)). The Acts in the group are:

• Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974)

• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985), so much of the Act as relates to local elections

• Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991), Part III and so much of Part IV as relates to local elections

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997), Parts VII and VIII insofar as they relate to local elections

• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998), ss. 9 and 10

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999) (other than s. 1(4) and so much of s. 25 as relates to the European Parliament elections)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), Parts 3, 4, Chapter 3 of Part 5 and s. 243

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009) (other than s. 9)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(5), 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2 in so far as it relates to the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994), Parts II and III

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1986 (35/1986), in so far as it relates to local elections

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), s. 3(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Local Government Act 1925 (5/1925)

• Local Government Act 1927 (3/1927)

• Local Government Act 1941 (23/1941)

• Local Government Act 1946 (24/1946)

• Local Government Act 1955 (9/1955)

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 1960 (40/1960)

• Local Government (Buncrana) Act 1968 (2/1968)

• Local Government (Rateability of Rents) (Abolition) Act 1971 (15/1971) in so far as it amends Local Government Acts 1925 to 1967

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 (35/1978)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1983 (10/1983)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (21/1983)

• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985)

• Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991)

• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 (29/1997)

• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 2000 (6/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001) (other than ss. 163, 164 and 211 and Parts 23 and 24)

• Local Government Act 2003 (8/2003)

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), s. 34

• Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), ss. 2 to 7

• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 1(7), 13 and 115

• Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 (39/2007), Part 3

• Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (17/2012), Part 4

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), Part 9

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), other than s. 1(3) to (8), s. 5(3) to (5) and sch. 2

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014), s. 57

• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(2)(c), 52

• Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019)

• Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), other than ss. 23-26

• Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), s. 2

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1930 (26/1930)

• Local Government Act 1933 (5/1933)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1934 (5/1934)

• Local Government (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934 (44/1934)

• Local Government Act 1936 (46/1936)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1939 (9/1939)

• Local Government Act 1953 (12/1953)

• Local Government Act 1958 (9/1958)

• Local Government Act 1959 (10/1959)

• Local Government Act 1960 (23/1960)

• Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act 1974 (6/1974)

• Local Government (Toll Roads) Act 1979 (34/1979)

• Local Government Act 2000 (25/2000)

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (47/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Planning and Development Act 2000 (30/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), ss. 2, 5(3) and sch. 4 (in so far as they relate to the Act of 2000) and s. 247

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002 (32/2002), Parts 2 and 3

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (43/2004), s. 2

• Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (27/2006)

• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 114 and 1(6)

• Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (26/2009), ss. 7(1), (2) and 21(3)

• Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Act 2010 (17/2010)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (30/2010) (other than Part 3)

• Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (20/2011), Part 5

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), Part 8

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(8), 5(7) and sch. 2 part 4.

• Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (33/2015)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 (63/2015)

• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(1), (2)(a), (3), 2-29

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