The Gazette 1996

GAZEITE

ADMINISTRATIVE

Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies

Act 1996 (No. 22 of 1996)

This Act was signed by the President on

10 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 199.)

Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies

Act 1996 (Commencement) Order

1996 (SI No. 232 of 1996)

This Order brings the Borrowing Powers

of Certain Bodies Act 1996 into oper–

ation with effect from 1 August 1996.

Metrology Act 1996 (No. 27 of 1996)

This Act was signed by the President on

31 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 51.)

An Bord Bia (Amendment) Act 1996

(No. 21 of 1996)

This Act was signed by the President on

10 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 175.)

George Eogan v. University College

Dublin (Shanley

16 May 1996

Judicial review - professor - retire–

ment - legitimate expectation -

challenge to retirement at 65 - rational

grounds for new scheme - application

refused - Irish Universities Act 1908, s. 5

John V. Lennon v. District Judge John

P. Clifford and the Director of Public

Prosecutions (Supreme Court) 23 May

1996

Applicant convicted of offences under

Finance Act 1988 - failure to deliver

return in 'prescribed form' to tax

inspector - applied for

certiorari

grounds that District Judge had acted in

excess of jurisdiction in convicting

without evidence of what 'prescribed

form' was - application refused

- appeal - whether court had been

erroneous in considering matter

outside scope of

certiorari

remedy

- whether 'prescribed form' referred to

form prepared pursuant to official order

or statutory instrument - whether High

Court should interfere with District

Judge's evaluation of evidence

AGRICULTURE

European Communities (Importation

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of Bovine Animals and Products

Obtained from Bovine Animals from

the United Kingdom)(Amendment)

Regulations 1996 (SI No. 210 of 1996)

These Regulations implement Com–

mission Decision 96/362/EC (of 11

June 1996) as far as bovine semen is

concerned by removing the prohibition

on the importation of that product from

the United Kingdom.

ANIMAL WELFARE

Control of Horses Bill 1996

This Bill has been amended in the

Select Committee on Enterprise and

Economic Strategy. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT

175.)

BROADCASTI NG

Broadcasting (Receiving Licences)

(Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI

No. 249 of 1996)

These Regulations increase the

monochrome television licence fee

from £44 to £52 and the colour licence

fee from £62 to £70. They also provide

for a revised rate of rebate where a

monochrome licence is surrendered in

certain circumstances. The Regulations

came into operation on 1 September

1996.

COMMERCIAL

Statistics (Business Accounts) Order

1996 (SI No. 92 of 1996)

This Order, which applies to all under:–

takings, bther than public authorities,

prescribes the information which shall

be provided to the Central Statistics

Office by businesses. The information,

which is to be supplied pursuant to

surveys at intervals of not more than

three months includes particulars of–

trading names, the type of activity

carried on; the accounting period; the

turnover; the persons employed and

their earnings; stocks and work in

progress; debts and credits owed by

and to the undertaking; and capital

assets of the undertaking. The Order

came into operation on 1 April 1996

and shall expire on 31 December 2000.

OCTOBER 1996

COMPANY

In re Cavan Crystal Group Ltd (In

Receivership) (Murphy

26 April 1996

Application for declaration that

directors of insolvent company should

not hold company directorship for five

year period - whether directors had

acted responsibly and honestly

- whether person who was nominee

director within meaning of s. 150 of

Companies Act 1990 also had to show

he had acted responsibly and

honestly - Companies Act 1990, ss.

149,150,154

COMPETITION

Competition (Amendment) Act 1996

(No. 19 of 1996)

This Act was signed by the President on

3 July 1996. (Cf. (1996) 14 ILT 77.)

CONSTITUTIONAL

PatrickJ. Graham v. Ireland, the

Attorney General, the Minister for the

Environment and Ors (Morris

1 May

1996

Defamation - negligence - refusal to

allow person to vote - presiding officer

wrong - negl igence not proven - action

dismissed

CONSUMER

Maximum Prices (Magazines) Order

1996 (SI No. 207 of 1996)

This Order provides that, where a

magazine with a sterling price is not

priced on its cover by the publisher in

Irish pounds, its maximum retail price

shall be the equivalent in Irish pounds

of the sterling price at the time that the

magazine is put into circulation in the

State increased by five per cent. and,

where appropriate, the applicable rate

of VAT. The Order came into operation

on 17 luly 1996.

Consumer Credit Act 1995 (Section

28) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 245 of

1996)

These Regulations supplement the

cldvertising provisions of the Consumer

Credit Act 1995.

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