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

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the National Transport Authority (Extension of Remit) Order 2010.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 April 2010.

2. (1) The functions assigned to the National Transport Authority under

section 60

of the

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008

(No. 15 of 2008) are extended to apply to the cities and counties of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and the contiguous areas of those counties.

(2) In this Article “contiguous area” in relation to a county mentioned in paragraph (1), means the area of an adjoining county not mentioned in that paragraph through which a public passenger transport service, commencing or finishing in a city or county mentioned in paragraph (1), passes.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 March 2010.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATOY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this Order is to extend the functions of the National Transport Authority under

section 60

of the

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008

(No. 15 of 2008) to Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

6

th April

, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 63(1) of the

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008

(No. 15 of 2008), hereby order as follows