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Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 17 of 1992
FORESHORE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
REVISED
Updated to 14 May 2024
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the
Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992
. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under
the
Law Reform Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including
Employment (Collective
Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024
(14/2024), enacted 9 May 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including
Foreshore (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions)
Order 2024
(S.I. No. 236 of 2024), made 14 May 2024, were considered in the
preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number
17
of
1992
FORESHORE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
REVISED
Updated to 14 May
2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1
.
Interpretation
.
1A
.
Application - this Act and
Maritime Area Planning Act 2021
.
2
.
Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
.
3
.
Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act
.
4
.
Notice prohibiting removal of beach material from foreshore
.
5
.
High Court’s power to prohibit continuance of certain contraventions of Principal Act
.
6
.
Powers of courts, Minister, local authorities, etc., in relation to mitigating and
remedying effects of contravention of certain orders and notices, etc
.
7
.
Provisions relating to prosecution of summary offences
.
8
.
Offences committed by body corporate
.
9
.
Savings
.
10
.
Short title, collective citation and construction
.
Acts Referred to
Foreshore Act, 1933
1933, No. 12
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 52
Number
17
of
1992
FORESHORE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
REVISED
Updated to 14 May 2024
AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXIGENCIES OF THE COMMON
GOOD, FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FORESHORE AND THE SEASHORE IN THE
STATE AND FOR THAT AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE
FORESHORE ACT, 1933
. [20
th July
, 1992]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Modifications (not altering
text)
C1
Functions transferred and
references construed (14.05.2024) by
Foreshore (Transfer of Departmental
Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2024
(S.I. No. 236 of
2024), arts. 2, 3(1)(b), (2), in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional
provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and
business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any
functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of the
Environment, Climate and Communications.
(2) References to the Department
of Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or any instrument
made under an Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by
paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as
references to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
3. (1) The functions vested in the
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by or under the provisions of
the –
(a) Foreshore Act 1933 (No. 12 of
1933) in so far as the functions relate only to the functions of the appropriate
Minister referred to in section 1B (c) of that Act,
(b) Foreshore (Amendment) Act
1992 (No. 17 of 1992), and
(c) Fisheries (Amendment) Act
2003 (No. 21 of 2003), are transferred to the Minister for the Environment,
Climate and Communications.
(2) References to the Minister for
Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or instrument made
under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall,
from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister
for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
...
Annotations
Modifications (not altering
text)
C1
Functions transferred and
references construed (14.05.2024) by
Foreshore (Transfer of Departmental
Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2024
(S.I. No. 236 of
2024), arts. 2, 3(1)(b), (2), in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional
provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and
business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any
functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of the
Environment, Climate and Communications.
(2) References to the Department
of Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or any instrument
made under an Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by
paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as
references to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
3. (1) The functions vested in the
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by or under the provisions of
the –
(a) Foreshore Act 1933 (No. 12 of
1933) in so far as the functions relate only to the functions of the appropriate
Minister referred to in section 1B (c) of that Act,
(b) Foreshore (Amendment) Act
1992 (No. 17 of 1992), and
(c) Fisheries (Amendment) Act
2003 (No. 21 of 2003), are transferred to the Minister for the Environment,
Climate and Communications.
(2) References to the Minister for
Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or instrument made
under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall,
from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister
for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
...
Section
1
.
Interpretation
.
1A
.
Application - this Act and
Maritime Area Planning Act 2021
.
2
.
Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
.
3
.
Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act
.
4
.
Notice prohibiting removal of beach material from foreshore
.
5
.
High Court’s power to prohibit continuance of certain contraventions of Principal Act
.
6
.
Powers of courts, Minister, local authorities, etc., in relation to mitigating and
remedying effects of contravention of certain orders and notices, etc
.
7
.
Provisions relating to prosecution of summary offences
.
8
.
Offences committed by body corporate
.
9
.
Savings
.
10
.
Short title, collective citation and construction
.
Number
17
of
1992