Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
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Number 15 of 2022 | ||
REGULATION OF PROVIDERS OF BUILDING WORKS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Registration body | ||
Admissions and registration board and appeals committee | ||
25. Miscellaneous provisions concerning Board and appeals committee | ||
Register and competence criteria | ||
Registration and practice | ||
Complaints, investigations and sanctions | ||
48. Actions to be taken by inspector on completion of investigation | ||
51. Confirmation of High Court required before decision to impose major sanction takes effect | ||
53. Application to High Court to confirm decision to impose major sanction | ||
54. Matters to be considered in determining sanction to be imposed | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
63. Relationship between investigation and criminal proceedings | ||
64. Registration body designated as competent authority for providers of building works | ||
65. Application of section 29 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 | ||
Miscellaneous amendments of Act of 2007 | ||
Amendment of Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 | ||
82. Review of operation of amendments effected by Part 9 of Act of 2022 | ||
83. Government order to modify assessment of eligible rental income | ||
Amendment of Affordable Housing Act 2021 | ||
Amendment of Residential Tenancies Act 2004 | ||
96. Amendment of section 66 of Act of 2004 | ||
99. Collective citation, construction and commencement of Part 11 | ||
Amendment of Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 | ||
100. Amendment of section 34 of Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 | ||
Provisions applicable to Oral Hearings conducted under section 49(3) | ||
Miscellaneous matters concerning Board and Appeals Committee | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Affordable Housing Act 2021 (No. 25) | ||
Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3) | ||
Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21) | ||
Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (No. 13) | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (No. 4) | ||
Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23) | ||
Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22) | ||
Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 | ||
European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27) | ||
Fire Services Act 1981 (No. 30) | ||
Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (No. 47) | ||
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35) | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c. 93) | ||
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30) | ||
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33) | ||
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (No. 28) | ||
Registration of Title Act 1964 (No. 16) | ||
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27) | ||
Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2021 | ||
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) | ||
The Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969 (No. 1) (Private) | ||
Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10) | ||
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Number 15 of 2022 | ||
REGULATION OF PROVIDERS OF BUILDING WORKS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022 | ||
An Act to provide for the establishment of a register to be known in the Irish language as Clár Tionscail Foirgníochta na hÉireann and in the English language as the Construction Industry Register Ireland; to provide for appointment, by order of the Government, of a body to be the registration body to regulate providers of building works; to provide for determination by the registration body of standards and competence required of providers of building works; to cause any complaints against those providers to be investigated and adjudicated upon; to establish an appeals committee to hear and determine appeals against certain decisions of the registration body; to appoint the registration body to be the competent authority for the purposes of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 8 of 2017 ); to amend the Building Control Act 2007 ; to amend the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 by providing for certain rental income of a person who is receiving care services or his or her partner under a tenancy of the principal residence of that person to be assessed at a lower rate than other income of that person; to enable the rate at which such rental income is to be assessed to be reduced or to enable such rental income to be disregarded; to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 by providing for an increase of the notice period for termination of certain tenancies, to require landlords to serve a copy of any notice of termination on the Board, and to enable the Board to assist in providing contact details of tenants to landlords for the purpose of facilitating a reletting offer; to amend the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 by providing for an increase of the period permitted for an application for registration as an approved housing body; to amend the Affordable Housing Act 2021 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[5th July, 2022] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |