This legislation has been repealed.
The objects of this Act are—
(a) to
promote internationally focused, competitive, market-driven and sustainable
economic development throughout the State;
(b) to
promote a productive partnership or collaboration between public and private
enterprise in the State;
(c) to
encourage and facilitate investment, and industrial and commercial
development, in the State;
(d) to
contribute to public understanding of the issues affecting the economic
development of the State;
(e) to
establish the Economic Development Board as the State's primary agency for
determining, co-ordinating and implementing economic development strategies
for the State.