The Gazette 1996

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE LEGISLATION UPDATE - April - May 1996

No. Title of Act and Date Passed

Comme n c eme nt Date/s

30 April, 1996

Irish Steel Limited Act, 1996 (30 April, 1996) Repeals previous legislation on Irish Steel Limited which will no longer apply when the company is sold to Ispat Mexicana S.A. DE C.V. and provides for the making by the Minister for Finance of certain payments on the sale by him of his shares in Irish Steel Ltd.

Various c omme n c eme nt dates; see s.143 of the Act.

Finance Act, 1996 (15 May, 1996)

10.

Comme n c eme nt order/s to be ma de

Wa s te Ma n a g eme nt Act, 1996 (20 May, 1996) Provides for the prevention, management

and control of waste;

implements

international

(including EU) requirements

on waste

management;

amends the Environmental

Protection Agency Act,

1992, and repeals certain other

enactments.

Comme n c eme nt order/s to be ma de

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Ha r bou rs Act, 1996 (20 May, 1996) Provides for the setting up of State commercial to manage and operate the ports presently managed by harbour authorities in accordance with the Harbours Act, 1946, and Dun Laoghaire Harbour which is at present managed by the Department of the Marine; revises the law relating to pilotage. Amends the Fishery Harbour Centres Act. 1968, and certain other enactments; provides for the dissolution of the Harbour Authorities and Pilotage Authorities; repeals the Harbours Act 1946 to 1976, and the Pilotage Act, 1913. companies

SELECTED STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

165/1996 Disabled Persons Maintenance Allowances Regulations, 1996 Effective from 5 June, 1996;

135/1996 EC (Second General System for the Recognition of Professional Education and Training) Regulations, 1996 148/1996 Housing Regulations, 1980 (Amendment) Regulations, 1996

121/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Commencement Order), 1996 Appoints 13 May, 1996, as the

consolidates the provisions governing the payment of Disabled Persons Maintenance Allowance under s.69 of the Health Act, 1970, and provides for increases in the rates of allowances as announced in the 1996 Budget. (Section 44) Regulations, 1996 Prescribes the sum of £5,000 as the prescribed minimum sum for which the Gardai have powers of search and detention under s.38 of the Act in relation to drug trafficking money imported or exported in cash.

day on which the Act, other than section 54(3), shall come into operation.

12111996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 2) Regulations, 1996

Effective from 1 May, 1995; relates to house purchase and improvement loans made by local authorities.

128/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 36) Regulations, 1996

167/1996 Criminal Justice Act, 1994

129/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 37) Regulations, 1996

149/1996 Capital Gains Tax

(Multipliers) (1996-97) Regulations, 1996

130/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 60) Regulations, 1996

151 /1996 Coroners Act, 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations, 1996 Effective from 1 January,

131/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 86) Regulations, 1996

1995; replaces the Coroners Act, 1962 (Fees and Expenses) Regulations, 1990 (S.I. No. 19 of 1990).

132/1996 Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 129) Regulations, 1996

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