Harbours (Amendment) Act, 2000

Restriction of section 3(3) (laying of orders) of Harbours Act, 1996.

3.Section 3 (3) of the Harbours Act, 1996 , shall not apply to any order made under section 43 of that Act (as amended by section 1 of this Act) for the purposes of—

(a) any amalgamation of the functions of the Foynes Port Company and the Shannon Estuary Ports Company and the formation and registration of a new company, and

(b) the new company referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, where such order is made within two years from the date that the functions of the companies referred to in that paragraph were transferred to the new company.