Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
State Airports Act 2004
No. 32 of 2004
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-19 | 21 July 2004 | Commenced on enactment |
| Ss. 20-24 | 1 October 2004 | State Airports Act 2004 (Dublin Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 531 of 2004), art. 2 |
| Ss. 25-28 | 21 July 2004 | Commenced on enactment |
| Sch. | 21 July 2004 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act other than Part 3 and s. 25 included in collectively cited Airports and Aviation Acts | s. 1(2) | ||
| Act, s. 25 included in collectively cited Customs-free Airport Acts | s. 1(3) | ||
| Act, Part 3 included in collectively cited Aviation Regulation Acts | s. 1(4) | ||
| Restricted | 15/2008, ss. 4, 76(1) | 1 December 2009 | Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (Parts 3, 4, 5 and section 115(2)) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 458 of 2009), art. 2 |
| Trans. of cert. functns. under | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 29 July 2011 | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, art. 1(2) |
| S. 4 amended | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(a) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 6(2)(a) deleted | 27/2014, s. 31(8)(a), (12) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 6(3)(a) deleted | 27/2014, s. 31(8)(b), (12) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 6(5) substituted | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(b) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 8(1)-(4) deleted | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(c)(i) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 8(5) substituted | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(c)(ii) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 9(1), (2) substituted | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(d)(i) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 9(9) amended | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(d)(ii) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10 substituted | 27/2014, s. 31(13) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10 references construed | 10/2011, s. 16(4) | 4 July 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(4), (5) substituted | 27/2014, s. 31(11) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 14(7) inserted | 27/2014, s. 33(1)(e) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15(3)(o) substituted | 27/2014, s. 45(a) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15(9) substituted | 27/2014, s. 45(b) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15(9A), (9B) inserted | 27/2014, s. 45(b) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15(16) substituted | 27/2014, s. 45(c) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15(17) inserted | 27/2014, s. 45(c) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 25(1) deleted | 27/2014, s. 39(2) | Not yet commenced. Transfer order required under s. 38 | |
| S. 27 substituted | 27/2014, s. 51 | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(2)(b)(ii) amended | 3/2016, s. 6(a) | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(3)(b) substituted | 3/2016, s. 6(b) | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(4)(a) amended | 3/2016, s. 6(c) | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(4)(c) substituted | 3/2016, s. 6(d) | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27A inserted | 27/2014, s. 51 | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27A(1) amended | 3/2016, s. 7 | 8 February 2016 | Commenced on enactment |
| Schedule para. 13(a) deleted | 27/2014, s. 52(3) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 5(1)(b) | State Airports Act 2004 (Shannon Appointed Day) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 571 of 2012) |
| S. 9(6) | State Airports Act 2004 (Dublin Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 531 of 2004) |
| S. 15 | Shannon Airport Bye-Laws 2015 (S.I. No. 69 of 2015) |
| Airport Bye-Laws, 2014 (S.I. No. 618 of 2014) |