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No. Title of Act and Date Passed
Commencement Date/s
2 0.
T r a n s n a t i o n al I n f o r m a t i on a n d C o n s u l t a t i on of E m p l o y e es A c t,
1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Implements Council Directive 94/45/EC by establishing
transnational arrangements for the information and consultation
of employees in Community-scale undertakings and groups of
undertakings; provides for the establishment of European Works
Councils in such undertakings or groups of undertakings.
C o m m e n c e m e nt O r d e r
to b e m a d e
2 1.
A n B o r d B ia ( A m e n d m e n t) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Increase the membership of An Bord Bia and its subsidiary boards
and provides that one ordinary member of each shall be appointed
on the nomination of an organisation whom the Minister considers
to be representative of consumers. Amends An Bord Bia Acts,
1994 and 1995.
10 J u l y, 1 9 96
2 2.
B o r r o w i ng P o w e r s of C e r t a in B o d i e s A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Makes further provision in relation to the borrowing and capital
financing of State bodies; increased the borrowing limit of
ACC Bank pic.
1 A u g u s t, 1 9 96
(S.I. N o . 2 3 2 of 1 9 9 6)
2 3.
H e a l th ( A m e n d m e n t) ( N o. 2) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 5 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Enhances the powers of the Minister for Health under section 76
of the Health Act, 1970 (which deals with the amendment, by order,
of a hospital charter) in circumstances of any re-organisation or
extension of the provision of hospital services.
15 J u l y, 1 9 96
2 4.
T r a n s p o rt ( D u b l in L i g ht R a i l) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 5 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Enables the Minister for Transport, Energy and
Communication
to authorise by Order the construction, operation and maintenance
by CIE of a light railway system serving the greater Dublin area.
15 J u l y, 1 9 96
2 5.
D i s c l o s u re of C e r t a in I n f o r m a t i on f o r T a x a t i on a n d O t h e r P u r p o s es
A c t, 1 9 96 ( 3 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Inserts a new section 63A into the Criminal Justice Act, 1994,
which provides for the disclosure in certain circumstances of
information by the Revenue Commissioners to the Garda
Síochána and/or head of any body set up to deal with the assets
of crime. Amends section 32(9) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994,
to provide for the retention of documents and materials by designated
bodies for use as evidence in an investigation into any offence and
not, as subsection (9) currently provides, only money laundering.
Inserts a new subsection 32(1 OA) into the 1994 Act to make further
provision in relation to the obligations of designated bodies under
the 1994 Act. Also amends ss.57 and 64 of the Criminal Justice Act,
1994; amends ss.18 and 19 of the Finance Act, 1983; amends the
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879.
3 0 J u l y, 1 9 96
2 6 .
C o u r t s A c t, 1 9 96 (31 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Increases the maximum number of ordinary judges of the Circuit
Court from 24 to 27; amends section 10 of the Courts and Court
Officers Act, 1995.
31 J u l y, 1 9 96
2 7.
M e t r o l o gy A c t, 1 9 96 (31 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)
Establishes a legal metrology service and consolidates and updates
the law relating to legal metrology - which is the regulation of the
science of measurement.
C o m m e n c e m e nt O r d e r
to b e m a d e
300