Local Government (Roads Functions) Act 2007
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Amendment of Local Government Act 1998. |
1.— The Local Government Act 1998 is amended— | |
(a) in section 4, by substituting the following for subsection (6): | ||
“(6) Any moneys received, in each financial year— | ||
(a) by the Minister in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax, or | ||
(b) by the Minister for Transport in connection with the provision of information from records established and maintained under section 60(2) (inserted by section 86 of the Finance Act 1994 and as amended by section 7 of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2003 ) of the Finance Act 1993 , | ||
shall be paid into the Fund by the Minister or the Minister for Transport, as the case may be, other than moneys paid out of the Fund to the Minister concerned or moneys provided to that Minister by the Oireachtas.”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in section 6— | ||
(i) by substituting the following for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) The Minister may as respects an amount of moneys paid by him or her out of the Fund under subsection (1) require the local authority or local authorities concerned to apply the amount or a part of it in a specified manner in respect of the performance by that local authority or those local authorities of functions in relation to such matters as the Minister may, from time to time, determine in writing. The local authority or local authorities concerned shall comply with such a requirement. | ||
(2A) The Minister may make payments out of the Fund to the Minister for Transport in respect of— | ||
(a) public roads other than national roads (within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993 ), | ||
(b) the carrying out of works under section 81 of the Local Government Act 2001 , and | ||
(c) the expenses incurred by the Minister for Transport in connection with— | ||
(i) the establishment and maintenance of records under section 60(2) (inserted by section 86 of the Finance Act 1994 and as amended by section 7 of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2003 ) of the Finance Act 1993 , | ||
(ii) the administration of motor vehicle tax on behalf of the Minister, | ||
(iii) the issuing of driver licences, and | ||
(iv) the provision of information from the records to which subparagraph (i) relates. | ||
(2B) The Minister may pay out of the Fund to himself or herself the expenses incurred by the Minister in connection with the administration and collection of motor vehicle tax.”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) by deleting subsection (5) and deleting “or (5)” in subsection (6). |