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ACC Bank Act, 1992
(No. 6 of 1992)
(With Explanatory Memorandum as
initiated)
This Act provides for the
development of the ACC as a bank
which will provide a full range of
banking and associated financial
services; increases the authorised
share capital and borrowing limit of
the ACC and provides for connected
matters. Amends and extends the
Agricultural Credit Acts 1978 to
1988,
amends section 9 of the
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879,
section 2 of the
Bills of Exchange
Act, 1882
and section 2 of the
Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1978.
Presented by the Minister for
Finance 9/3/92. Present position:
passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 9/4/92. Enacted:
16/4/92. Commencement date: 24
April, 1992.
Social Welfare Act, 1992
(No. 5 of
1992) (With Explanatory
Memorandum as initiated)
This Act provides for the increases
from July 1992 in the rates of Social
Welfare payments announced in the
Budget and for other measures
relating to the Social Welfare code.
Amends and extends the Social
Welfare Acts 1981 to 1991, amends
and extends the Pensions Act, 1990.
Presented by the Minister for Social
Welfare 16/3/92. Present position:
passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 15/7/92. Commencement
date: 4 April, 1992 (some sections).
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act, 1992
(No. 18 of 1992) (With
Explanatory Memorandum as
initiated)
This Act provides the legislative
framework for a range of measures
contained in the document
A Plan
for Social Housing
published by the
Minister for the Environment in
February, 1991. Amends and extends
the
Housing Acts 1966
to
1988, the
Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents)
Act, 1978,
the
Landlord and Tenant
(Amendment) Act, 1980,
the
Housing
Finance Agency Acts 1981 to 1988,
the
Housing (Private Rented
Dwellings) Act, 1982
and the
Building Societies Act, 1989.
Presented by the Minister for the
Environment 24/3/92. Present
position: passed by both Houses of
the Oireachtas 15/7/92.
Commencement date: 1 September
1992 (except for repeal of Sn. 70,
Housing Act, 1966).
Interception of Postal Packets and
Telecommunications Messages
(Regulation) Bill, 1992
(Bill No. 6 of
1992) (With Explanatory
Memorandum)
This Bill regulates the interception of
certain postal packets and
telecommunications messages;
provides that the only purposes for
which interceptions may be
authorised will be those of criminal
investigation or the security of the
State; provides for related matters.
Presented: 1/4/92. Present position:
passed by Seanad Eireann 9/7/92.
Censorship of Films (Amendment)
Bill, 1992
(Bill No.
7
of 1992) (With
Explanatory Memorandum)
This Bill enables the Minister for
Justice to appoint Assistant Censors
to assist the Official Censor of Films
in the performance of his function
in relation to the censorship of
cinema films and video works and
provides for related matters; amends
the
Censorship of Films Acts 1923 to
1970
and the Video Recordings Act,
1989.
Presented: 2/4/92. Present position:
passed by Seanad Eireann 25/6/92.
Finance Act, 1992
(No. 9 of 1992)
(With Explanatory Memorandum, as
initiated, and as passed by Dail
Eireann)
This Act provides for the charging
and imposition of certain duties of
customs and inland revenues
(including excise), amends the law
relating to customs and inland
revenue (including excise) and makes
further provisions in connection with
financial matters.
Introduced by the Minister for
Finance; ordered by Dail Eireann to
be printed 8/4/92. Present position:
deemed to have been passed by both
Houses of the Oireachtas 22/5/92.
Enacted: 28/5/92. Commencement
date: 28 May, 1992.
Financial Transactions of Certain
Companies and Other Bodies Act,
1992
(No. 11 of 1992) (With
Explanatory Memorandum as
initiated)
This Act confirms the legal powers
of semi-State bodies to engage in
swaps and other financial
transactions and provides for related
matters.
Presented by the Minister for
Finance 24/4/92. Present position:
passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 11/6/92. Enacted:
11/6/92. Commencement date: 17
June, 1992.
Local Authorities (Higher Education
Grants) Act, 1992
(With Explanatory
Memorandum as initiated)
This Act amends and extends the
Local Authorities (Higher Education
Grants) Acts, 1968 and 1978, so
as to
enable local authorities to award
higher education grants to mature
students and to enable school
terminal examinations from outside
the State to be accepted in place of
the Leaving Certificate Examination
for the award of grants.
Presented by the Minister for
Education 25/6/92. Present position:
passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 16/7/92. Commencement
date: 23 July, 1992.
ICC Bank Act, 1992
(No. 21 of
1992) (With Explanatory
Memorandum as initiated)
This Act provides for the
development of the Industrial Credit
Corporation, including the change of
name of the Company to "ICC Bank
pic" and to enable it to provide a
full range of banking and associated
financial services, increases the
borrowing powers of the ICC and
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