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GAZKTTK
MARCH 1996
L E G I S L A T I O N
U P D A T E
No,
36.
3.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION UPDATE -
December
1995 - March
1996
(Continuation of list published in January/February
Gazette)
Title of Act and Date Passed
Milk (Regulation of Supply) Amendment Act. 1995
(27 December, 1995)
Amends the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, /994, in relation
to the appointment provisions to the National Milk Agency.
Domestic Violence Act, 1996 (27 February, 1996)
Amends the law on the protection of persons from violence in
the home; extends the law on barring orders and protection orders
(at present confined to spouses and their children) to wider classes
of person including cohabitants and their children; it gives the
Court power to order long term protection orders called safety
orders and provides for other related matters. Repeats and
re-enacts with amendments the Family Law (Protection of
Spouses and Children) Act, 1981.
Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1996
(28 February, 1996)
Amends the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College
(Amendment)
Act, 1959, to allow Teagasc to dispose of part of Johnstown Castle
Estate, Wexford, for use for environmental, heritage, amenity or
recreational purposes and to lease part of the Estate to the
Environmental Protection
Agency.
Commissioners of Public Works (Functions and Powers) Act, 1996
(6 March, 1996)
Provides for the powers of the Commissioners in relation to
humanitarian relief, specifically to victim of flooding and provides
legal certainty for certain genera! powers and functions of the
Commissioners.
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1996 (6 March, 1996)
Enables the Voluntary Health Insurance (VHI) Board, with the
consent of the Minister for Health, to develop new health insurance
products and activities beyond its present business of strictly indemnity
based insurance areas such as cash schemes in respect of serious
illness; extends and updates the Voluntary Health Insurance Act, 1957.
Commencement Date/s
27 December, 1995
27 March, 1996 except for section 6
and so much of the other provisions of
the Act as relate to section 6, which
will come into force on 1 January, 1997
28 February, 1996
6 March, 1996
6 March, 1996
Doyle Court Reporters
Principal:
Áine O'Farrell
Court, Conference, AGMs,
Business Meetings, Arbitrations. Verbatim Reporting - Daily Transcripts
Personal Injury Judgements for Trinity & Michaelmas 1995 Now Ready
2, Arran Quay, Dublin 7. Tel: 872 2833 or 286 2097 (After Hours) Fax-
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Exce[[ence in Reporting since 1954
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