Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 50/2021
• Year: 2021

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Number 50 of 2021

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MARITIME AREA PLANNING ACT 2021

REVISED

Updated to 1 October 2022

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. 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 Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 488 of 2022), made 29 September 2022, 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 50 of 2021

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MARITIME AREA PLANNING ACT 2021

REVISED

Updated to 1 October 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 passed.

Related legislation

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2021: this Act, Part 9 (Chapters 1 and 3), is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Foreshore Act 1933 (12/1933)

• Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992 (17/1992)

• Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1998 (54/1998), ss. 1 and 7(3) in so far as they relate to s.5

• Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 (21/2003), s. 32 and s. 2 insofar as it relates to s. 32

• Maritime Safety Act 2005 (11/2005), Part 6

• Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Act 2007 (17/2007), s. 35.

• Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009 39/2009), other than ss. 1(3) and 1(5), Part 3 and Schedule 2

• Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2011 (11/2011)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014(1/2014), s. 1(13) and the amendment to the Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992 provided for in s. 5(6) and Schedule 2, Part 6

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), chapters 1 and 3 of Part 9

Electricity Regulation Acts 1999 to 2021: this Act, Part 9 (Chapter 4), is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:

• Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (23/1999)

• Gas (Amendment) Act 2000 (26/2000), ss. 12-16.

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), Chapter 4 of Part 9.

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2021: this Act, Part 8 and Schedules 10 to 12, is one of a group of Acts and statutory instruments included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, s. 1(4)). The Acts and statutory instruments in this group are:

• Planning and Development Act 2000 (30/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), ss. 2, 5(3) and Schedule 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. 1(6) and 114

• Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (26/2009), ss. 7(1) and (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), other than s. 1(2)(b) and (c), Parts 3 to 5 and sch.

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017 (20/2017)

• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), other than Part 4 and sch. 3 ref. nos. 12-18

• European Union (Planning and Development) (Environment Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), Parts 2, 3, 4 and schs. 1 and 2

• Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act (12/2019), Part 3

• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 38

• Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), ss. 23, 24

• Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 9

• European Union (Waste Water Discharge) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 214 of 2020), Part II (reg. 5)

• Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020)

• Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2021 (11/2021), Part 2, chapters 2 and 5)

• Planning and Development (Large Scale Residential Developments) Act 2021 (40/2021)

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), Part 8 and schs. 10-12

Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 and 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022, s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021)

• Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (29/2022), Part 3 (ss. 42-75)

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

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

• Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (29/2022)

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

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 488 of 2022)

• Maritime Area Consent (Application Fee) Regulation (S.I. No. 395 of 2022)

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 394 of 2022)

• Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 112 of 2022)

All statutory instruments up to and including Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (Commencement of Certain Provision)(No. 3) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 488 of 2022), made 29 September 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 50 of 2021

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MARITIME AREA PLANNING ACT 2021

REVISED

Updated to 1 October 2022

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Acts Referred to

Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57)

Arbitration Act 2010 (No. 1)

Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956 (No. 45)

Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005

Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)

Companies Act 1990 (No. 33)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

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

Criminal Justice Act 1951 (No. 2)

Dumping At Sea Act 1996 (No. 14)

Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23)

Electricity Regulation Acts 1999 to 2002

Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7)

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22)

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (No. 23)

Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 17)

Foreshore Act 1933 (No. 12)

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2014

Gas Act 1976 (No. 30)

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Land Law (Commission) Act 1923 (No. 27)

Land Law Acts

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (No. 28)

Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Act 1997 (No. 37)

Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict., c. 60)

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36)

National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987 (No. 17)

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 (No. 7)

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 16)

Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2020

Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14)

Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)

Registration of Title Act 1964 (No. 16)

Roads Act 1993 (No. 14)

Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (No. 31)

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