SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 15/2015

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Number 15 of 2015

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SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 16 September 2020

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Sport Ireland Act 2015. 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 Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (7/2018), enacted 24 May 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020), made 15 September 2020, 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 15 of 2015

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SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 16 September 2020

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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

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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

• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)

All Acts up to and including Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (14/2020), enacted 11 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020)

• Sport Ireland Employee Superannuation Scheme 2015 (S.I. No. 684 of 2016)

• Sport Ireland Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 415 of 2015)

All statutory instruments up to and including Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020), made 15 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 15 of 2015

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SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 16 September 2020

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Acts Referred to

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

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)

Companies Act 1990 (No. 33)

Companies Acts

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

Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

Irish Sports Council Act 1999 (No. 6)

Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 2008

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 18)

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005

National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006 (No. 19)

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)

Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37)

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (No. 28)

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012

Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (No. 12)

Roads Act 1993 (No. 14)

Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31)

State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002 (No. 1)

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007

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Number 15 of 2015

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SPORT IRELAND ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 16 September 2020

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An Act to provide for the administration and development of sport in the State; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as Spórt Éireann or in the English language as Sport Ireland; to provide for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority; to update the law in relation to doping in sport; and to provide for related matters.

[13 th May, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Annotations:

Modifications (not altering text):

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Functions transferred and references to “Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport” and “Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport” construed (16.09.2020) by Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020), arts. 2 and 3, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.

Note change of name of Department and Minister to Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (30.09 2020) by Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 403 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2).

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

(2) References to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport by or under — ...

(c) the Sport Ireland Act 2015 (No. 15 of 2015),

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are transferred to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

(2) References to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1.

Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Sport Ireland Act 2015.

(2) Part 4 shall come into operation on the establishment day.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E1

Establishment day prescribed (1.10.2015) by Sport Ireland Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 415 of 2015).

2. The day appointed as the establishment day for the purposes of the Sport Ireland Act 2015 (No. 15 of 2015) is 1 October 2015.

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Interpretation

2. (1) In this Act—

“acquisition order” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

“Act of 1999” means Irish Sports Council Act 1999;

“Act of 2002” means State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002;

“Act of 2006” means National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006;

“Act of 2012” means Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012;

“Authority” means National Sports Campus Development Authority;

“chief executive” has the meaning given by section 22;

“civil partner” means civil partner within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

“committee” means a committee established under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1;

“company” means a company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1963;

“competitive sport” means all forms of physical activity which, through organised participation, aim at—

(a) expressing or improving physical fitness, and

(b) obtaining improved results in competition at all levels;

“Council” means Irish Sports Council;

“doping in sport” has the meaning given by section 40;

“establishment day” means the day appointed under section 6;

“financial year” means a period of 12 months ending on 31 December in any year and, in the case of the first financial year of Sport Ireland, means the period commencing on the establishment day and ending on 31 December in the year in which the establishment day falls;

“Minister” means Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport;

“national anti-doping organisation” has the meaning given by section 40;

“National Aquatic Centre” means the land commonly known as the National Aquatic Centre situated at Deanstown, in the county of Dublin;

“National Framework of Qualifications” has the same meaning as it has in the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

“public authority” means—

(a) a Minister of the Government,

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