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GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 1996
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION UPDATE -
October 1996
No. Title of Act and date passed
Commencement date/s
31.
Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996
(1 1 October 1996)
Establishment day: 15 October 1996
(SI No. 310 of 1996)
Provides for the establishment of the Criminal Assets Bureau
whose objectives will be the identification of criminal assets or
suspected criminal assets, the taking of appropriate steps under
the holders of such assets of their use or benefit and the doing of
the law to deprive preparatory work in relation to any
appropriate
proceedings.
SELECTED STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
276/1996
Transitional
Information
and Consultation of
Employees Act, 1996
(Commencement)
Order,
1996.
Appoints 22
September 1996, as the day
on which the Act comes
into operation.
277/1996
EC (Consumer Credit Act,
1995) (Amendment)
Regulations,
1996.
287/1996
Enduring Powers of
Attorney (Personal Care
Decisions)
Regulations,
1996.
Amend the
Enduring
Powers of Attorney
Regulations, 1996
(SI No.
196 of 1996).
290/1996
Refugee Act, 1996 (Section
24( 1)) (Commencement)
Order, 1996.
Appoints 1
October 1996, as the date
on which s.24(l) of the Act
comes into operation.
294/1996
Value-Added Tax (Returns)
Regulations, 1996.
31 1/1996
Criminal Justice (Legal
Aid) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1996.
Doyle Court Reporters
Principal:
Áine O'Farrell
Court, Conference, AGMs,
Business Meetings, Arbitrations.
Verbatim Reporting - Daily Transcripts
2, Arran Quay, Dublin 7. Tel: 872 2833 or 286 2097
(After Hours)
Fax: 872 4486
'ExceCietice in (Reporting since 1954
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