Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Local Government Act 2019
No. 1 of 2019
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-20 | 31 January 2019 | Local Government Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 20 of 2019), art. 3(1) |
| S. 21 (1)-(4) | 31 January 2019 | Local Government Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 20 of 2019), art. 3(1) |
| S. 21(5) | 8 February 2019 | Local Government Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 20 of 2019), art. 3(2) |
| S. 21(6)-(10) | 31 January 2019 | Local Government Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 20 of 2019), art. 3(1) |
| Ss. 22-48 | 31 January 2019 | Local Government Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 20 of 2019), art. 3(1) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Local Government Acts | s. 1(3) | ||
| Functions transferred and references construed | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), ss. 1(3), 10, 26 & sch. 1 parts 1, 2 | 16 May 2024 | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), art. 2(b) |
| S. 2 amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 50 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 7 transfer day appointed | S.I. No. 25 of 2019, art. 2 | ||
| S. 25(4)(a)(ii)(I) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 50 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 25(4)(a)(ii)(II) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 50 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Ss. 28, 29 application extended with modifications | 2/1997, s. 15(4) as inserted by 7/2019, s. 5 | 21 April 1997 | European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 163 of 1997), art. 2 |
| 12/1994, s. 18(4) as modified by S.I. No. 214 of 2019, reg. 24 | |||
| S. 31(2)(a) substituted | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 50 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| Part 6 (ss. 39-46) repealed | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), ss. 1(3), 54 | 16 May 2024 | Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), art. 2(e) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 7 | Local Government Act 2019 (Transfer Day) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 25 of 2019) |
| S. 41 | Direct Election Of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 162 of 2019) |