S.I. No. 518/2020 - Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) Order 2020

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) Order 2020.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 9 November 2020.

2. The following bodies are, for the purposes of

section 31

of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 13 of 2020), designated and may hold hearings before it by remote hearing

An Bord Pleanála, established under

section 3

of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976

(No. 20 of 1976);

The National Oversight and Audit Commission, established under Part 12A of the

Local Government Act 2001

(No. 37 of 2001), as inserted by

section 61

of the

Local Government Reform Act 2014

(No. 1 of 2014);

The Property Registration Authority, established under

section 9

of the

Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006

(No. 12 of 2006);

The Pyrite Resolution Board, established under

section 8

of the

Pyrite Resolution Act 2013

(No. 51 of 2013);

The Residential Tenancies Board, established under

section 150

of the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(No. 27 of 2004), as re-named under

section 13

of the

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015

(No. 42 of 2015); and

The Valuation Tribunal, as continued in being under

section 12

of the

Valuation Act 2001

(No. 13 of 2001).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 November, 2020.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th November,

2020.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3) of

section 31

of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 13 of 2020), and being satisfied it is appropriate to do so having regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection as they relate to the bodies to which the following order applies, hereby order as follows