The Gazette 1996

GAZETTE

JUNE 1996

ILT DIGEST OF LEGISLATION AND SUPERIOR COURT DECISIONS Compiled by DAVID BOYLE

Regulations.

The Regulations came

concerned) the provisions of Council Directives 77/504/EEC and 94/28/EC. They make the posession of illegally imported semen, ova or embryos of the bovine species an offence and make certain other provisions with regard to importation of such items.

ADMINISTRATIVE Irish Steel Limited Act 1996 (No. 8 of 1996) This Act was signed by the President on 30 April 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 128.) Irish Steel Limited Act 1996 (Section 9)(Commencement) Order 1996 (SI No. 153 of 1996) This Order brings s. 9 "of the Irish Steel Limited Act 1996 into operation with effect from 30 May 1996. Harbours Bill 1995 This Bill has been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. (Cf. (1995) 13 ILT 176.) Metrology Bill 1996 This Bill has been amended in the Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 51.) An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 1996 This private member's Bill, as presented by Senator Maurice Manning, aims to increase the membership of the Bord and its subsidiary boards and to provide that one ordinary member of each shall be appointed on the nomination of an organisation which the Minister considers to be representative of consumers. Statistics (Census of Population) Order 1996 (SI No. 91 of 1996) This Order specifies the information to be obtained and persons to be included in the census which took place on 28 April 1996. AGRICULTURE European Communities (Trade in Certain Animal Products) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 102 of 1996) These Regulations implement Council Directive 92/118/EEC (of 17 December 1992) laying down animal health and public health requirements for products not subject to such requirements laid down in other specific Community rules. They also: provide tor the appointment of authorised officers by the Minister; lay down the powers which may be exercised by such officers; and establish offences in the case of contravention of the

into operation on 15 April 1996. Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order 1996 (SI No. 103 of 1996) This Order obliges herdowners to attach ear-tags to bovine animals born within their herds within 30 days of birth or, in any event, before they are moved from a holding. It also requires them to complete certain details on the cattle identity cards within a certain period. The Minister is authorised to issue ear-tags and identity cards for this purpose and to supply a herd identifier to each herdowner for the purposes of such identification. Herdowners are further required to replace any ear-tag attached to an animal under the Order which has become illegible or which has been lost. The Order came into operation on 15 April 1996. European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 104 of 1996) These Regulations implement Council Directive 92/102/EEC and Council Regulation (EEC) 3508/92 insofar as they relate to the registration and recording of bovine animals. They require herdowners to register the births of all bovine animals in their herds within a period of seven days from the date of identification. They also require all herdowners to keep registers of the cattle present in their herds. The Regulations came into operation on 15 April 1996. Abbatoirs (Control of Designated Bovine Offal) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 106 of 1996) These Regulations control the use of designated bovine offal which must be removed in an approved slaughterhouse or abhatoir and be kept separate from other meat and edible offal. It must then either be utilised under a licence issued by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry or be disposed of following rendering. The Regulations came into operation on 22 April 1996. European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, their Semen, Ova and Embryos) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 112 of 1996) These Regulations implement (as far as bovine breeding animals are 1

ANIMAL WELFARE Control of Horses Bill 1996

This Bill, as presented by Mr Jimmy Deenihan, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, aims to control wandering horses in urban areas. Among its proposed provisions are: the declaration by local authorities of control areas where horses may not be kept without licences; the granting of such licences subject to compliance with conditions to be set out in bye- laws; disqualification from keeping a horse or obtaining a licence; a ban on the sale of horses to minors under 16 years; the seizure, detention and disposal of stray, unlicenced or unidentifiable horses which are causing a nuisance or posing a danger; criminal liability for for injury or damage caused by horses; and relevant powers of enforcement for the Garda Siochana. COMMERCIAL Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Commence- ment) Order 1996 (SI No. 121 of 1996) This Order brought the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (with the exception of s. 54(3)) into force on 13 May 1996. Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Section 2) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 127 of 1996) These Regulations amend the definition of 'credit institutions' and 'mortgage lender' in the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Section 36) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 128 of 1996). These regulations replace the form of notice set out in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Consumer Credit Ac t 1995 with an amended version. Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Section 37) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 129 of 1996) These Regulations make clear that the references in ss. 31(2)(a) and 35(1 Ma) of the Consumer Credit Act 1995 to 'credit limit' are references to the credit limit available at the commencement of the agreement. The conditions under