531P Urban areas to which parking levy applies and making of orders by the Minister.

(1) The Minister may, following consultation with any other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate in the circumstances, by order—

(a) designate that an area or areas which is or are within the administrative area (within the meaning of section 2 of the Local Government Act 2001) of a relevant local authority shall be an urban area for the purposes of this Part,

(b) prescribe that a body shall be a State authority for the purposes of this Part, and

(c) provide for the date from which this Part shall have effect.

(2) Every order made by the Minister under subsection (1) shall be laid before Dáil Éireann as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by Dáil Éireann within the next 21 days on which Dáil Éireann has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.