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Health (Amendment) Bill 1995
This Bill, as presented by the Minister
for Health, aims to make provision for
certain health services to be made
available, without charge, to certain
persons who have contracted
hepatitis C.
European Communities (Wild Game)
Regulations 1995 (SI No. 298 of 1995)
The purpose of these Regulations is to
implement Council Directive No.
92/45/EEC (of 16 June 1992) which
lays down standards for the hygenic
production of wild game meat in
approved and officially supervised
establishments so as to safeguard
public and animal health.
The
Regulations came into operation on
20 November 1995.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Trade Marks Bill 1995
This Bill, as presented by Mr Pat
Rabbitte, TD, Minister of State at the
Department
of
Enterprise
and
Employment, aims to replace the
Trade Marks Act 1963 with the
intention of: giving effect to the
provisions of Council Directive
89/104/EEC (of 11 February 1989) on
the approximation of trade mark laws;
making provision in connection with
Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 (of
14 February 1994); giving effect to the
Protocol to the Madrid Agreement (of
27 June 1989) concerning the
international registration of trade
marks; giving effect to certain
provisions of the Paris Convention for
the Protection of Industrial Prpoerty
(of 20 March 1883); to permit the
registration of trademarks in relation
to services (that is, service marks), and
to effect a general updating of the law
on trade marks.
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Metropolitan Properties Limited v.
John O'Brien and Or
Supreme Court
(Hamilton CJ, O'Flaherty and Egan JJ)
[1995] 2 ILRM 383
Enfranchisement - Whether sub-
lessee entitled to acquire head lease
even though not entitled to acquire
fee simple because vested in
Commissioners of Public Works -
Landlord
and Tenant
(Ground
RentsKNo. 2) Act 1978, ss. 4, 8, 9, 10
Words and phrases - Premises above
the surface of the land - Meaning of
'land' - Whether includes buildings -
Interpretation Act 1937, Schedule,
para. 14
LICENSING
Intoxicating Liquor Act 1995 (No. 33
of 1995)
This Act, which was signed by Early
Signature Motion, allows shops and
supermarkets which are licensed to
sell intoxicating liquor by retail and
other licensed premises to remain
open on Christmas Eve or 23
December in any year that either day
falls on a Sunday, as if it was a weekday.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local
Government
Act
1994
(Commencement)(No. 2) Order 1995
(SI No. 296 of 1995)
This Order brings into operation
certain provisions of the Local
Government Act 1994 relating to
local elections and local authority
membership with effect, in general,
from 13 November 1995.
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (No. 32 of
1995)
This Act was signed by the President
on 21 December 1995. (Cf. (1995) 13
ILT 92.)
Courts and Court Officers Act 1995
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1996
(No. 31 of 1995)
This Act, signed by the President on
15 December 1995, provides for
increases in the number of judges of
the Supreme, High, Circuit and
District Courts to deal with arrears of
appeals in those courts and the
ongoing business of those courts. It
further provides that the Supreme
Court may sit in divisions and for the
abolition of the Court of Criminal
Appeal and the transfer of its
jurisdiction to the Supreme Court. It
also makes provision for the
establishment
of
a
Judicial
Appointments Advisory Board to
advise the government on the
suitability of candidates for judicial
appointment; the extension of the
powers of the Master of the High
Court, County Registrars and Taxing
Masters of the High Court and certain
other matters. (Cf. also (1996) 14 ILT
18.)
District Court (Service of Summonses)
Rules 1995 (SI No. 305 of 1995)
These Rules provide that a summons
may be served by delivery by hand,
by any member of the Garda
Síochána, other than the person on
whose behalf the summons purports
to be issued, in accordance with the
provisions of s. 22(1 )(c) of the Courts
Act 1991.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Regulations 1995 (SI No. 312 of 1995)
The principal purpose of these
Regulations is to implement the
provisions of s. 26 of the Solicitors
(Amendment) Act 1994 and: (i) to
provide for the establishment and
membership of the Professional
Indemnity Insurance Committee; (ii)
to provide that, with certain
exceptions, solicitors applying to the
Law Society of Ireland for a practising
certificate must have a minimum level
of professional indemnity insurance
cover
incorporating
approved
indemnity terms in respect of the civil
liability owed by solicitors to their
clients in the provision by them of
legal services; (iii) to provide for the
requirements of an insurer becoming
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