Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage

4:30 pm

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 146:

In page 137, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:

Section 5(5)*

PART 3

Consequential Amendments to Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988 and to Building Control Act 1990

Number and Year
(1)
Short Title
(2)
Provision
(3)
Amendment
(4)
No. 29 of 1988









Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988Section 1(1)
Definition of “local authority”
Substitute:
“ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Act 2013) and a reference to the functional area of a local authority shall be construed accordingly;”.
No. 3 of 1990


Building Control Act 1990Section 1(1)
Definition of “building control authority”
Substitute:
“ ‘building control authority’ has the meaning given to it by section 2(1);”.

Definition of “functional area”Delete.







After interpretation given to “functions”Insert:
“ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Act 2013);”.









Section 2(1)Substitute:
“(1) Each local authority shall be a building control authority for the purposes of this Act and references to the functional area of a building control authority shall be construed accordingly.”.
Section 2(2)Delete.
Section 2(3)Delete.
Section 20Delete.

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