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Summary of relevant heritage legislation
The following are the main pieces of
legislation relating to Ireland’s Heritage:
Irish Legislation http://www.irishstatutebook.ie
Heritage and Planning Legislation
The Local Government (Planning and Development
Acts, 1963 - 2000)
The Heritage Act, 1995
European Planning Legislation
EC Directive 85/337/EEC - Re EIS
Archaeology and Archaeological Objects/Wrecks
National Monuments Act 1930 and Subsequent
Amendments of 1954, 1987 and 1994
National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997
Continental Shelf Act, 1968
Built Heritage
The Local Government (Planning and
Development Acts, 1963 - 2000)
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Act (NIAH), 1999
Natural Heritage
The Wildlife Act, 1976
Wildlife Amendment Bill, 2000
EU Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EEC), 1979 (Ratified 1985)
EU Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/Eec), 1992 (Ratified
1997)
Heritage Objects/Museums and Archives
Vanta Convention
Local Government Act, 1994
National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997
Landscapes/Seascapes and Heritage Gardens
and Parks
The Local Government (Planning and
Development Acts, 1963 - 2000)
International Conventions
General
UNESCO Convention for the Protection
of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Ratified 1992)
Archaeology
European Convention on the Protection
of the Archaeological Heritage (Valletta Convention), 1997
Architecture
European Convention on the Protection
of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (Granada Convention) 1997
The Australian ICOMOSs Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural
Significance (The Burra Charter)
Natural
Convention on the Conservation of
European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Berne Convention) 1979
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
(Bonn Convention), 1979
Agreement on Conservation of Bats in Europe (Bonn Convention, 1993
Conservation of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention)
1971
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992 (Ratified in 1996)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) 1974
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
(AEWA) (Bonn Convention) 1996
International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994
Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, 1995
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