The Gazette 1996

GAZKTTK

MARCH 1996

L E G I S L A T I O N

U P D A T E

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

LEGISLATION UPDATE - December

1995 - March

1996

(Continuation of list published in January/February

Gazette)

No,

Title of Act and Date Passed

Commencement Date/s

36.

Milk (Regulation of Supply) Amendment Act. 1995 (27 December, 1995) Amends the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, /994, in relation to the appointment provisions to the National Milk Agency. Domestic Violence Act, 1996 (27 February, 1996) Amends the law on the protection of persons from violence in the home; extends the law on barring orders and protection orders (at present confined to spouses and their children) to wider classes of person including cohabitants and their children; it gives the Court power to order long term protection orders called safety orders and provides for other related matters. Repeats and re-enacts with amendments the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981. Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1996 (28 February, 1996) Amends the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959, to allow Teagasc to dispose of part of Johnstown Castle Estate, Wexford, for use for environmental, heritage, amenity or recreational purposes and to lease part of the Estate to the Environmental Protection Agency. Commissioners of Public Works (Functions and Powers) Act, 1996 (6 March, 1996) Provides for the powers of the Commissioners in relation to humanitarian relief, specifically to victim of flooding and provides legal certainty for certain genera! powers and functions of the Commissioners. Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1996 (6 March, 1996) Enables the Voluntary Health Insurance (VHI) Board, with the consent of the Minister for Health, to develop new health insurance products and activities beyond its present business of strictly indemnity based insurance areas such as cash schemes in respect of serious illness; extends and updates the Voluntary Health Insurance Act, 1957.

27 December, 1995

27 March, 1996 except for section 6 and so much of the other provisions of the Act as relate to section 6, which will come into force on 1 January, 1997

28 February, 1996

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6 March, 1996

6 March, 1996

Doyle Court Reporters Principal: Áine O'Farrell Court, Conference, AGMs, Business Meetings, Arbitrations. Verbatim Reporting - Daily Transcripts Personal Injury Judgements for Trinity & Michaelmas 1995 Now Ready 2, Arran Quay, Dublin 7. Tel: 872 2833 or 286 2097 (After Hours) Fax- r Exce[[ence in Reporting since 1954

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