S.I. No. 63/2024 - Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 17 April 2024.

2. In these Regulations –

“Regulations of 2012” means the

Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011

(Licensing) Regulations 2012 (

S.I. No. 180 of 2012

).

3. Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2012 is amended by substituting for the table the following

“TABLE

(1)

Class of Licence

(2)

Licence Fee

Property Services Employer

€1,100

Independent Contractor

€1,100

Principal Officer or Employee

€110

”

The Minister for Justice consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 February, 2024.

HELEN MCENTEE,

Minister for Justice.

GIVEN under the seal of the Property Services Regulatory Authority,

26 February, 2024.

MICHAEL QUINLAN,

Chairperson, Property Services Regulatory Authority.

MAEVE HOGAN,

Chief Executive, Property Services Regulatory Authority.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

These Regulations amend the

Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011

(Licensing) Regulation 2012. They amend the licence fee payable in respect of applications for the different classes of licences.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th February,

2024.

The Property Services Regulatory Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 25

of the

Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011

(No. 40 of 2011), with the consent of the Minister for Justice (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 452 of 2020

)), hereby makes the following regulations