Derelict Sites Act 1990. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 1990 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land-use planning Land valuation Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Public land Private land Procedural matters Protection of environment Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act is aimed to make provision with respect to land to prevent it being or becoming a derelict site, to enable local authorities to require the taking of measures on derelict sites by the owners or occupiers and, in certain circumstances, to acquire derelict sites compulsorily, to establish registers of derelict sites, to enable the minister to give directions in relation to derelict sites, to provide for a derelict sites levy and to provide for other matters connected with the aforesaid and to repeal the Derelict Sites Act 1961. Part II of this text is setting measures to prevent and control derelict sites; Part III is on levy on derelict sites; Part IV is entitled “Prosecutions”. Full text English Website revisedacts.lawreform.ie