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Document Index: 200046772

Matched Legal Cases: ['arts 23', 'art 6', 'art 1', 'arts 3', 'art 5', 'art 2', 'arts 8', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 3', 'art 6', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 6', 'art 5', 'art 12', 'art 11', 'art 12', 'art 12']

Number 1 of 2014
Updated to 10 November 2017
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), enacted 5 November 2017, and all statutory instruments up to and including Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 494 of 2017), made 10 November 2017, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Local Government Acts 1925 to 2016 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 1(2)(c)). The Acts in the group are:
• Local Government (Rateability of Rents) (Abolition) Act 1971 (15/1971) in so far as it amends Local Government Acts 1925 to 1967
• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001) (other than ss. 163, 164 and 211 and Parts 23 and 24)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), other than s. 1(3) to (8), s. 5(3) to (5) and sch. 2
• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(2)(c), 52
• Local Government (Toll Roads) Act 1979 (34/1979)
Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 (10/2015), s. 46(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Valuation Act 2001 (13/2001)
• Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), s. 8
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), subs. 1(3), s. 33 and so much of sch. 2 part 6 as relates to the Valuation Act 2001 (13/2001)
• Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014), s. 16
• Water Services Act 2014 (44/2014), s. 12
• Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 (10/2015)
Housing Acts 1966 to 2015: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (42/2015), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (18/1992), other than ss. 38(3) and (4) and ss. 29 and 30
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (21/1997), other than s. 24(3) and ss. 16 and 17
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(4), 5(3), sch. 2 part 1 and sch. 4 paras. 1 and 14 (in so far as they relate to the Housing Act 1966) and para. 16.
Acts previously included in the collective citation and construction but now repealed are:
Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(5)). The Acts in the group are:
• Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974)
• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985), so much of the Act as relates to local elections
• Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991), Part III and so much of Part IV as relates to local elections
• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections
• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997), Parts VII and VIII insofar as they relate to local elections
• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998), ss. 9 and 10
• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999) (other than s. 1(4) and so much of s. 25 as relates to the European Parliament elections)
• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), Parts 3, 4, Chapter 3 of Part 5 and s. 243
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009) (other than s. 9)
• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012), in so far as it relates to local elections
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(5), 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2 in so far as it relates to the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999
• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994), Parts II and III
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1986 (35/1986), in so far as it relates to local elections
Electoral Acts 1992 to 2016 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Electoral (Amendment) Act 2016 (5/2016), s. 2(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 (43/1996)
• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1998 (4/1998)
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (19/1998) (repealed)
• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999)
• Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (31/2001), in so far as it relates to functions of the Commission under the Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002)
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2002 (23/2002)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (16/2005)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2007 (14/2007)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009)
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009), other than s. 9
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 (14/2011)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2012 (27/2012)
• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012)
• Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 (7/2013)
• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), other than Parts 8 and 9
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(6), s. 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2, sch. 4 paras. 17 and 18, in so far as it relates to the Electoral Act 1992
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014 (8/2014)
• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2014 (24/2014)
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (62/2015), ss. 3, 4
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (5/2016)
Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017 (20/2017), s. 2(2)). The Acts in the group are:
• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 114 and 1(6)
• Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (26/2009), ss. 7(1), (2) and 21(3)
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (30/2010) (other than Part 3)
• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), ss. 1(1), (2)(a), (3), 2-29
• Planning and Development Act 2017 (20/2017)
Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(9)). The Acts in this group are:
• Air-raid Precautions Act 1939 (21/1939)
• Air-raid Precautions (Amendment) Act 1946 (28/1946)
• Civil Defence Act 2012 (51/2012)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(9), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 and the Civil Defence Act 2012)
• Civil Defence Act 2002 (16/2002)
Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(10)). The Acts in this group are:
• Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (15/2013), s. 77
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(10), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Control of Dogs Act 1986 and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010)
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(11)). The Acts in this group are:
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(11), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994)
Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 1(13)). The Acts in the group are:
• Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1998 (54/1998), s. 5 and ss. 1 and 7 in so far as they relate to s. 5
• Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 (21/2003), s. 32 and s. 2 in so far as it relates to s. 32
• Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009 (39/2009), other than s. 1(3) and (5), Part 3 and sch. 2
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(13), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992)
Health Acts 1947 to 2015 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015 (19/2015), s. 4(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Health Act 1953 (26/1953)
• Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (12/1977), s. 36 and s. 42 in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 1970
• Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 (4/1985)
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (14/2001), except in so far as it relates to the Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act 1988
• Health (Amendment) Act 2005 (3/2005), in so far as it amends the Health Acts 1947 to 2004
• Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (3/2006), Part 5
• Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006 (22/2006), except s. 6
• Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (23/2013)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(14), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Health (Flouridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960)
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (28/2014)
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015 (19/2015)
• Health and Mental Treatment Act 1957 (16/1957), s. 1
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1958 (37/1958), s.1
• Health (Homes For Incapacitated Persons) Act 1964 (8/1964)
• Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act 1966 (2/1966), s. 1
• Health (Mental Services) Act 1981 (17/1981)
• Health (Amendment) Act 2004 (19/2004)
Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2015 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Harbours Act 2015 (61/2015), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:
• Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(15), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993)
• Harbours Act 2015 (61/2015), s. 51
National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(16)). The Acts in this group are:
• National Monuments Act 1930 (2/1930)
• National Monuments Act 1954 (37/1954)
• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987 (17/1987)
• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 (17/1994)
• National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 (22/2004)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(16), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the National Monuments Act 1930)
Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(17)). The Acts in this group are:
• Protection of Employment Act 1977 (7/1977)
• Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (45/2001), in so far as it applies to the Protection of Employment Act 1977
• Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (27/2007), in so far as it applies to the Protection of Employment Act 1977
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(17), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 and the Protection of Employment Act 1977)
• Redundancy Payments Act 1973 (11/1973) (not amended)
• Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (27/2007), insofar as it relates to the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(19), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967)
Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(20)). The Acts in the group are:
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (35/1995) insofar as it amends Sea Pollution Act 1991
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(19), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999 and the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006)
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014 : this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one ( Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(21)). The Acts in this group are:
• Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (45/2001) in so far as it relates to the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(21), and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012)
All Acts up to and including Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), enacted 5 November 2017, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
• Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 494 of 2017)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Rates) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 484 of 2017)
• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 62 of 2015)
• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014)
• Local Government (Audit Committee) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 244 of 2014)
• Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 236 of 2014)
• County and City Development Boards Dissolution Order 2014 (S.I. No. 233 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Dissolution of the County Tipperary Joint Libraries Committee and Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 232 of 2014)
• Local Government (Application of Certain Provisions of the Local Government Act 2001 to Municipal District Members) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 230 of 2014)
• Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 228 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Transfer Date) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 216 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 215 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 146 of 2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014)
All statutory instruments up to and including Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 494 of 2017), made 10 November 2017, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
1. Short title, collective citations, constructions and commencement
2. Regulations to remove difficulties
4. Regulations, orders and directions
5. Repeals, revocations and amendments
6. Savers
Local Government Areas and Local Authorities
8. 2014 establishment day
9. Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas
10. Boundaries of amalgamated local government areas
11. Preparation of maps showing county boundaries
12. Local government areas
13. Establishment of local authorities for certain local government areas
14. Amendment of section 11 (establishment, titles and administrative areas of local authorities and consequential provisions) of Principal Act
15. Number of members of local authorities
16. Provisions relating to management of amalgamated local government areas
17. Dissolution of certain local authorities
18. Provisions consequential on dissolutions, etc.
Municipal Districts and Dissolution of Town Councils
19. Municipal districts
20. Local electoral areas and municipal districts
21. Functions of municipal district members — amendments to Principal Act
22. Application of certain provisions of the 2001 Act to municipal district members
Dissolution of Town Councils
23. Definitions (Chapter 2)
24. Dissolution of town councils and transfer date
25. Dissolution of town councils — consequential provisions
General Provisions Relating to Dissolutions, etc.
26. Consequential provisions on dissolution of certain bodies
27. Implementation of Act by local authorities, actions in anticipation of 2014 establishment day
28. Elections to local authorities in 2014
Financial Provisions Consequential on Dissolutions and Provisions relating to Rates
29. Rates
30. Amalgamation of local funds of certain city councils and county councils
31. Amendment of certain provisions relating to rates on vacant premises
32. Duty to inform rating authority of transfer of relevant property
33. Amalgamated valuation list
34. References to county rate
35. Dissolution of county development boards and city development boards
36. Local Community Development Committees
Local Authority Governance and Management, etc.
37. Alternative titles to Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach, etc.
38. Amendment of section 34 (removal of Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach from office, etc.) of Principal Act
39. Application of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Principal Act to municipal district members
40. Effective discharge of business
41. Amendment of section 48 (strategic policy committees) of Principal Act
42. Area committees
43. Amendment of section 66 (promotion of interests of local communities) of Principal Act
44. Local economic and community plan
45. Amendment of section 72 (transfer of certain functions to local authorities) of Principal Act
46. Consultation with local community
47. Reserved functions: duty of chief executive
48. Amendment of section 133 (corporate policy group) of Principal Act
49. Amendment of section 134 (corporate plan) of Principal Act
50. Local authority service delivery plans
51. Furnishing of information to elected council
52. Amendment of section 140 (requirement that a particular thing be done) of Principal Act
53. Members’ expenses, remuneration, etc. including training and attendance at conferences, etc.
54. Chief executive
55. Amendment of section 151 (chief executive acting by signed order, etc.) of Principal Act
56. Local authority associations
57. Amendment of Schedule 10 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) to Principal Act
Financial Procedures, Audit and Oversight
Financial Procedures and Audit
58. Amendment to Chapter 1 (financial procedures) of Part 12 of Principal Act
59. Audit committee
60. Consideration of annual financial statement and auditor’s report
61. National Oversight and Audit Commission
62. Regional assemblies
Regional Assemblies and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy
63. Regional assemblies and regional spatial and economic strategy
Plebiscite on Directly Elected Mayor for Dublin Metropolitan Area
64. Definitions (Part 11)
65. Convening of forum and report to Minister
66. Resolutions of local authorities
67. Holding of plebiscite
68. Persons entitled to vote
69. Report to Houses of the Oireachtas
70. Costs of holding plebiscite
71. Steps taken prior to passing of Act
Non-Principal Private Residence Charge and Household Charge
72. Interpretation (Part 12)
73. Repeals relevant to Part 12
74. Arrears of non-principal private residence charge and late payment fees
75. Deceased sole owner and payment of non-principal private residence charge and late payment fees
76. Collection of undischarged liabilities relating to non-principal private residence liabilities
77. Guidance by Minister
78. Validity of non-principal private residence charge and household charge collection activity
Local Government Fund and Irish Water
79. Amendment of section 6 of Local Government Act 1998
80. Amendment of Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997
Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments to Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013
Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments to the Local Government Act 2001
Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments to Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013 (other than to the Local Government Act 2001) and to Certain Pre-1922 Local Government Acts
Consequential Amendments to Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988 and to Building Control Act 1990
Abattoirs Act 1988
City and County Management (Amendment) Act 1955
Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2012
Coast Protection Act 1963
Cork City Management Act 1941
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2011
Electoral Acts 1992 to 2014
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002
Housing Acts 1966 to 2013
Limerick City Management Act 1934 (No. 35)
Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2012
Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978
(34 & 35 Vict., c.109)
(61 & 62 Vict., c.37)
(2 Edw. 7, c. 38)
Local Government (Rates) Act 1970
Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1948
Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013
Local Government Dublin Act 1930
Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2010
Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013
(1 & 2 Vict., c. 56)
(12 & 13 Vict., c. 104)
Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2007
Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict., c. 38)
Public Libraries Act (Ireland) 1855 (18 & 19 Vict., c. 40)
Redundancy Payments Acts 1996 to 2011
Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2006
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1981
Survey (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1870
Valuation Acts 2001 and 2006
Waterford City Management Act 1939
An Act to make further and better provision in relation to local government and, in particular, to amalgamate Limerick County Council with Limerick City Council, Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council and North Tipperary County Council with South Tipperary County Council, to provide for the position of chief executive in relation to each local authority, to dissolve town councils, to make provision for municipal districts, to assign additional reserved functions to local authority members, to dissolve County Development Boards and City Development Boards and make provision for the establishment of Local Community Development Committees, for planning and oversight of Local and Community Development Programmes, to provide for an increased role for local authorities in economic development and enterprise support, to amend the Local Government Act 1991 and provide for regional assemblies, to enable (subject to certain preconditions) a plebiscite to be held in the administrative areas of the local authorities in the Dublin area in respect of a directly elected mayor for that area and for those and other purposes to amend the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013, the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2012and other enactments relating to elections, the Housing Acts 1966 to 2013 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, to amend other Acts in connection with the foregoing matters, to amend section 20 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 and to provide for related matters.
[27 th January, 2014]