Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008

Public bill · Government · Presented

Updates harbour governance and financing, allowing port companies limited commercial activity outside their harbour areas and transferring decisions on compulsory land acquisition from the Minister for Transport to An Bord Pleanála. It also modernises pilotage rules, tightens reporting and director arrangements, and enables Bantry Bay and Tralee and Fenit harbours to transfer to larger port companies.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Harbours Acts 1996 to 2005, to repeal the Harbours Act 1976, to transfer certain functions of the Minister for Transport relating to harbours to An Bord Pleanála and for that and other purposes to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000, to make certain provisions relating to the Irish Maritime Development Office and to provide for connected matters

Last updated 13 April 2018