The Gazette 1996

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OCTOBER 1996

of Bovine Animals and Products Obtained from Bovine Animals from the United Kingdom)(Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 210 of 1996) These Regulations implement Com– mission Decision 96/362/EC (of 11 June 1996) as far as bovine semen is concerned by removing the prohibition on the importation of that product from the United Kingdom.

ADMINISTRATIVE

COMPANY

Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies Act 1996 (No. 22 of 1996) This Act was signed by the President on 10 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 199.) Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI No. 232 of 1996) This Order brings the Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies Act 1996 into oper– ation with effect from 1 August 1996. Metrology Act 1996 (No. 27 of 1996) This Act was signed by the President on 31 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 51.) An Bord Bia (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 21 of 1996) This Act was signed by the President on 10 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 175.) George Eogan v. University College Dublin (Shanley J) 16 May 1996 Judicial review - professor - retire– ment - legitimate expectation - challenge to retirement at 65 - rational grounds for new scheme - application refused - Irish Universities Act 1908, s. 5 John V. Lennon v. District Judge John P. Clifford and the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supreme Court) 23 May 1996 Applicant convicted of offences under Finance Act 1988 - failure to deliver return in 'prescribed form' to tax inspector - applied for certiorari on grounds that District Judge had acted in excess of jurisdiction in convicting without evidence of what 'prescribed form' was - application refused - appeal - whether court had been erroneous in considering matter outside scope of certiorari remedy - whether 'prescribed form' referred to form prepared pursuant to official order or statutory instrument - whether High Court should interfere with District Judge's evaluation of evidence

In re Cavan Crystal Group Ltd (In Receivership) (Murphy J) 26 April 1996 Application for declaration that directors of insolvent company should not hold company directorship for five year period - whether directors had acted responsibly and honestly - whether person who was nominee director within meaning of s. 150 of Companies Act 1990 also had to show he had acted responsibly and honestly - Companies Act 1990, ss. 149,150,154

ANIMAL WELFARE

Control of Horses Bill 1996 This Bill has been amended in the Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 175.)

COMPETITION

Competition (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 19 of 1996) This Act was signed by the President on 3 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 77.)

BROADCASTI NG

Broadcasting (Receiving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 249 of 1996) These Regulations increase the monochrome television licence fee from £44 to £52 and the colour licence fee from £62 to £70. They also provide for a revised rate of rebate where a monochrome licence is surrendered in certain circumstances. The Regulations came into operation on 1 September 1996. This Order, which applies to all under:– takings, bther than public authorities, prescribes the information which shall be provided to the Central Statistics Office by businesses. The information, which is to be supplied pursuant to surveys at intervals of not more than three months includes particulars of– trading names, the type of activity carried on; the accounting period; the turnover; the persons employed and their earnings; stocks and work in progress; debts and credits owed by and to the undertaking; and capital assets of the undertaking. The Order came into operation on 1 April 1996 and shall expire on 31 December 2000. COMMERCIAL Statistics (Business Accounts) Order 1996 (SI No. 92 of 1996)

CONSTITUTIONAL

PatrickJ. Graham v. Ireland, the Attorney General, the Minister for the Environment and Ors (Morris J) 1 May 1996 Defamation - negligence - refusal to allow person to vote - presiding officer wrong - negl igence not proven - action dismissed Maximum Prices (Magazines) Order 1996 (SI No. 207 of 1996) This Order provides that, where a magazine with a sterling price is not priced on its cover by the publisher in Irish pounds, its maximum retail price shall be the equivalent in Irish pounds of the sterling price at the time that the magazine is put into circulation in the State increased by five per cent. and, where appropriate, the applicable rate of VAT. The Order came into operation on 17 luly 1996. Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Section 28) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 245 of 1996) These Regulations supplement the cldvertising provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1995. CONSUMER

AGRICULTURE

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