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injuries cases will run from the date
of accrual of the cause of action (as
at present) or, if later, from the date
of knowledge, ue. the date on which
the person injured (or other person
by or on whose behalf an action is
taken) discovered, or should have
discovered, that there was a cause
of action. This follows in substance
the recommendations of the
Law
Reform Commission (Report on the
Statute of Limitations; Claims in
respect of Latent Personal injuries
LRC 21-1987) and amends and
extends the
Statute of Limitations
1957
and amends related pro-
visions in other statutes.
Presented in the Seanad by
Senator M. Lanigan 30/4/90.
Passed by Seanad Eireann
15/11/90; Second Stage in the Dáil
passed 29/11/90.
Present Position: Committee
Stage in Dáil.
No. 22 of 1990
Sea Pollution Bill, 1990
(plus
Explanatory and Financial Memo).
This Bill makes provision for the
prevention of pollution of the sea by
oil and other substances; gives
effect to the
International Con-
vention
for
the Prevention of
Pollution by Ships 1973
as modified
by its 1978 Protocol (MARPOL
73/78) and gives effect to the
Protocol relating to Intervention on
the High Seas in cases of Marine
Pollution by Substances other than
Oil 1973; provides for the repeal of
the Oil Pollution of the Sea Acts,
1956 to 1977, and provides for
other related matters.
Presented in the Dáil by the
Minister for the Marine 7/6/90.
Present Position: at Committee
Stage in the Dáil 4/12/90, to be
resumed.
No. 30 of 1990
Criminal Damage Bill, 1990.
This Bill amends the law relating
to offences of damage to property
and provides for connected
matters, replaces the multiplicity of
offences of damage to specific
kinds of property in the
Malicious
Damage Act
1861 with three
offences of damage to property in
general. The Bill is based, in the
main, on the recommendations of
the
Law Reform Commission in its
Report on Malicious Damage (LPC
26-1988).
Presented by the Minister for
Justice 18/9/90.
Second Stage in the Dáil passed
29/11/90.
Present Position: Committee
Stage in Dáil.
No. 32 of 1990
Contractual Obligations (Applicable
Law) Bill, 1990
(plus Explanatory
and Financial Memo).
This Bill gives the force of law to
the
Convention on the law appli-
cable to Contractual Obligations
signed at Rome on behalf of the
State on 19th June, 1980, and the
Convention on the Accession of the
Hellenic Republic to the aforesaid
Convention signed at Luxembourg
on 10th April, 1984, and provides
for connected matters.
Presented by Senator Sean Fallon
15/10790.
Passed by Seanad Eireann
29/11/90.
Present Position: At Second
Stage in Dáil.
No. 33 of 1990
Child Abduction and Enforcement
of Custody Orders Bill, 1990
(plus
Explanatory Memo).
The Bill gives the force of law in
the State to: (a) the
Convention on
the Civil Aspects of International
Child Abduction, signed at the
Hague on 25th October, 1980
(The
Hague Convention) and (b) the
European Convention on Recogni-
tion and Enforcement of Decisions
concerning Custody of Children
and on Restoration of Custody of
Children, signed at Luxembourg on
20th May, 1980 (the Luxembourg
Convention).
Presented by the Minister for
Justice 18/10/90.
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 21/3/91.
Present Position: Enacted.
No. 34 of 1990
Destructive
insects and Pests
(Amendment)
Bill, 1990
(plus
Explanatory Memo).
This Bill amends the
Destructive
insects and Pests (Consolidation)
Act, 1958,
to provide effective
deterrents under that Act against
the introduction or spreading of
destructive insects and pests
wh i ch could have devasta-
ting economic effects through crop
losses and/or the need for
expensive eradication measures.
Presented by the Minister for
Agriculture and Food 19/10/90.
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 13/3/91.
Present Position: Enacted.
No. 35 of 1990
Courts (Supplemental Provisions)
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 1990
(plus Explanatory Memo).
This Bill extends to members of
the judiciary and specific court
officers certain pension benefits
which are already available to most
other groups in the public service;
amends the
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