The Gazette 1996

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE LEGISLATION UPDATE - March 1996 - April 1996

No. Title of Act and Date Passed

Commencement Date/s

5.

16 March, 1996

Bovine Diseases (Levies) (Amendment) Act, 1996 (16 March, 1996)

Amends and extends the Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act, 1979; amends the penalties relating to offences under sections 48 and 49 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966. Trade Marks Act, 1996 (16 March, 1996) Implements Council Directive 89/104/EEC on trade marks; makes provisions in connection with Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community Trade Mark; gives effect to the Madrid Protocol relating to the international registration of Marks of 27th June, 1989, and to certain provisions of the Paris Convention for the protection of Industrial Property of 20th March, 1883, as revised and amended; permits the registration of trade marks in relation to services and effects a general updating of the law on trade marks.

6.

Commencement Order/s to be made

See Act for commencement dates of various sections. Commencement Orders to be made for Part IV (DisabilityAllowance); Part V (One- Parent Family Payment); Part VII (Pensions).

7.

Social Welfare Act, 1996 (3 April, 1996)

Provides for increases in the rates of social insurance and social assistant payments as announced in the Budget.

SELECTED STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

93/1996 District Court (Local

82/1996 Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Lifetime Cover) Regulations, 1996 83/1996 Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations, 1996 84/1996 Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Risk Equalisation) Scheme 1996

72/1996 Employment Regulation Order (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee), 1996 Made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Law Clerks Joint

Government) (Delimitation of Water Supply Disconnection Powers Act, 1995) Rules, 1996 Prescribe the procedure to be followed and forms to be

Labour Committee, fixes statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment from 1 April, 1996, for certain workers employed in solicitors' offices.

used by a Sanitary Authority in making applications to the Court for an Order to discontinue a supply of water for domestic purposes under s.3(2) of the 1995 Act. Come into operation on 19 April, 1996. 100/1996 Local Government (Planning

88/1996 Housing (New House

Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 Increase to 38 sq. metres the minimum floor area for houses and apartments qualifying for new house grants. Apply where foundations are completed on or after 1 April, 1996.

80/1996 Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Registration) Regulations, 1996 81 /1996 Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Open Enrolment) Regulations, 1996

and Development) Regulations, 1996 Amend art. 13, Local Government (Planning and (Continued on pge 116)

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