Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
162. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding; the number of Acts that have review periods; if the reviews have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63391/22]
View answerThe table below sets out the sections of Acts passed in the past ten years that have not commenced:
|
Act |
Section(s) not commenced |
|
Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014) |
69 |
|
Road Traffic Act 2014 |
6(a); 6(d); 10(c)(i); 10(g) |
|
Road Traffic Act 2016 |
3-6; 30 (partially uncommenced); 31; 34; 35; 36(a)-(c); 38; 39 |
|
Taxi Regulation Act 2013 |
49 |
The Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 was signed into law on 7 December 2022. My department is engaging with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel with regard to its commencement.
Full commencement of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014) requires the establishment of a new electronic Irish Register of Ships and ship registration regime, which will be progressed under a separate IT project, and new ship registration regulations to complement the IT project.
There are no Acts passed in the past ten years that have review periods.
