(LRC Revised)

Number 15 of 2003

LICENSING OF INDOOR EVENTS ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 28 September 2021

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

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003

. 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 the

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development

(Amendment) Act 2021

(32/2021), enacted 23 July 2021, and all statutory

instruments up to and including the

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on

Capital) (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 2021

(S.I. No. 508 of 2021), made 28

September 2021, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

15

of

2003

LICENSING OF INDOOR EVENTS ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 28 September

2021

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Expenses.

4.

Regulations.

PART 2

Indoor Events

5.

Indoor event licence.

6.

Determination of application for licence.

7.

Compliance with legal and other requirements.

8.

Appeal to District Court.

9.

Codes of practice.

10.

Safety at indoor event.

11.

Notice of cessation, etc.

12.

Powers of inspection in connection with indoor events.

13.

Limitations of civil proceedings.

14.

Revocation of licence.

15.

Penalties for offences.

16.

Prosecution of offences.

17.

Offences by body corporate.

18.

Payment of fine to fire authority.

19.

Register.

20.

Functions of fire authorities.

21.

Authorised officer.

22.

Service of Notices.

23.

Holding of event by local authority.

PART 3

Amendment of Fire Services Act 1981

24.

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1981.

25.

Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1981.

26.

Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1981.

27.

Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1981.

28.

Amendment of section 16 of Act of 1981.

29.

Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1981.

30.

Closure notice.

31.

Codes of practice.

32.

Withdrawal of fire safety notice.

33.

Amendment of section 38 of Act of 1981.

34.

Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1981.

Acts Referred to

Companies Acts 1963 to 2001

Fire Services Act 1981

1981,

No. 30

Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority)

Act 1999

1999,

No. 13

Health Act 1970

1970,

No. 1

Local Government Act 2001

2001,

No. 37

Planning and Development Act 2000

2000,

No. 30

Number

15

of

2003

LICENSING OF INDOOR EVENTS ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 28 September

2021

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF INDOOR

EVENTS AND TO AMEND THE FIRE SERVICES ACT 1981, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[26

th May

, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS

Annotations

Modifications (not altering

text)

C1

Transfer of specified

bodies to Executive.

Functions in relation to

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003

transferred and specified bodies

dissolved (1.01.2005) by

Health Act 2004

(42/2004), s. 58, 59(1), (2) and

(3) and sch. 3 item 29, S.I. No. 887 of 2004, subject to transitional provisions

in s. 74 and sch. 5.

Dissolution of health

boards and other specified bodies.

58.

—The specified

bodies are, by this Act, dissolved on the establishment day.

Transfer of functions of

specified bodies to Executive.

59.

— (1) The

functions that, immediately before the establishment day, were the functions of a

specified body under or in connection with the enactments referred to in Schedule

3 are, by this Act, transferred to the Executive on that day.

(2) If a provision of an

enactment referred to in Schedule 3, or a provision of an instrument made under

such enactment, does not come into effect until on or after the establishment day,

a function that on the passing of that enactment or the making of that instrument

was assigned under or in connection with that provision to a specified body is, by

this Act, transferred to the Executive on the commencement of that provision.

(3) The functions

transferred by this Act to the Executive include the functions specified in any

enactment referred to in Schedule 3 as a function of the following

(

a

) the chief

executive officer of a health board;

(

b

) the Regional

Chief Executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority;

(

c

) the area chief

executive of an Area Health Board.

(4) This section does not

apply in relation to the functions of the Hospital Bodies Administrative

Bureau.

...

SCHEDULE

THREE

Transfer of Functions

and References to Functional Areas

Section 59 and 67.

…

29. Licensing of Indoor

Events Act 2003

...

Editorial Notes

E1

Act included in

definitions of "health and personal social services" and "associated statutory

provisions" (23.12.2004) by

Health Act 2004

(42/2004), s. 2 and sch. 1,

S.I. No. 886 of 2004.

Annotations

Modifications (not altering

text)

C1

Transfer of specified

bodies to Executive.

Functions in relation to

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003

transferred and specified bodies

dissolved (1.01.2005) by

Health Act 2004

(42/2004), s. 58, 59(1), (2) and

(3) and sch. 3 item 29, S.I. No. 887 of 2004, subject to transitional provisions

in s. 74 and sch. 5.

Dissolution of health

boards and other specified bodies.

58.

—The specified

bodies are, by this Act, dissolved on the establishment day.

Transfer of functions of

specified bodies to Executive.

59.

— (1) The

functions that, immediately before the establishment day, were the functions of a

specified body under or in connection with the enactments referred to in Schedule

3 are, by this Act, transferred to the Executive on that day.

(2) If a provision of an

enactment referred to in Schedule 3, or a provision of an instrument made under

such enactment, does not come into effect until on or after the establishment day,

a function that on the passing of that enactment or the making of that instrument

was assigned under or in connection with that provision to a specified body is, by

this Act, transferred to the Executive on the commencement of that provision.

(3) The functions

transferred by this Act to the Executive include the functions specified in any

enactment referred to in Schedule 3 as a function of the following

(

a

) the chief

executive officer of a health board;

(

b

) the Regional

Chief Executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority;

(

c

) the area chief

executive of an Area Health Board.

(4) This section does not

apply in relation to the functions of the Hospital Bodies Administrative

Bureau.

...

SCHEDULE

THREE

Transfer of Functions

and References to Functional Areas

Section 59 and 67.

…

29. Licensing of Indoor

Events Act 2003

...

Editorial Notes

E1

Act included in

definitions of "health and personal social services" and "associated statutory

provisions" (23.12.2004) by

Health Act 2004

(42/2004), s. 2 and sch. 1,

S.I. No. 886 of 2004.

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15

of

2003