S.I. No. 478/2014 - Local Government Act 2001 (Section 231) Order 2014.

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2001 (Section 231) Order 2014.

2.

Section 231

of the

Local Government Act 2001

shall have effect on and from the 1st day of January 2015 in respect of the joint drainage committees specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

JOINT DRAINAGE COMMITTEE

RELEVANT LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Ballinamore/Ballyconnell

Cavan

Leitrim

Barrow

Laois

Kildare

Offaly

Burrin

Carlow

Kildare

Fergus

Clare

Galway

Goul

Kilkenny

Laois

Tipperary

Lough Oughter and Gowna and the River Erne

Cavan

Longford

Leitrim

Suck

Roscommon

Galway

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 October 2014.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the dissolution of specified joint drainage committees and the transfer of their functions to the relevant local authorities, with effect from 1 January 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

24

th October

, 2014.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 231

of the

Local Government Act 2001

(No. 37 of 2001) (as adapted by the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (No. 193 of 2011), and after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform hereby order as follows