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Irish Land Commission Bill,
1989.
Provisions: provides for the
dissolution of the Irish Land
Commission, for the winding up of
the system of land purchase, for
the transfer of certain functions
exercisable under the Land
Purchase Acts, and for other
connected matters.
Presented in the Dail by the
Minister for Agriculture and Food
2/3/89.
Present position: at second stage
in the Dail 4/5/89.
Statute
of
Limitations
(Amendment) Act, 1991.
(No 18
of 1991).
Provisions: amends the law on
limitation of actions in so far as it
applies to latent personal injuries;
provides t hat the three-year
limitation period in personal 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, i.e. 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).
Amends and
extends the
Statute of Limitations,
1957
and amends
related
provisions in other statutes.
Presented in the Seanad by
Senator M. Lanigan 30/4/90.
Present position: passed by both
Houses of the Oireachtas 4/7/91
and
enacted.
Criminal Damage Bill, 1990
Provisions: 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
(LRC
26-1988).
Presented by the Minister for
Justice 18/9/90.
Present position: at Committee
stage in the Dail 19/6/91.
Contractual
Obligations
(Applicable Law) Act, 1991
(No.
8 of 1991)
Provisions: to give the force of law
to the Convention on the law
applicable to Contractual Obliga-
tions 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
15/10/90.
Present position: passed by both
Houses of Oireachtas 2/5/91 and
enacted.
Child
Abduction
and
Enforcemant of Custody Orders
Act, 1991
(No. 6 of 1991).
Provisions: gives the force of the
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 Recognition 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.
Present position: passed by both
Houses of the Oireachtas 21/3/91
and
enacted.
Destructive Insects and Pests
(Amendment) Act, 1991
(No. 4 of
1991).
Provisions: amends the
Destructive
insects and Pests
(Consolida-
tion) Act, 1958,
to provide effect-
ive deterrents under that Act
against the i n t roduc t i on or
spreading of destructive insects
and pests which could have
devastating economic effects
through crop losses and/or the
need for expensive eradication
measures.
Presented by the Minister for
Agriculture and Food 19/10/90.
Present position: passed by both
Houses of the Oireachtas 13/3/91
and
enacted.
Courts
(Supplemental
Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Act, 1991
(No. 23 of 1991).
Provisions: 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
Courts (Supplemental
Provisions) Act, 1961,
and the
Courts of Justice and Court
Officers (Superannuation)
Act,
1961,
and provides for other related
matters.
Presented by Senator Sean Fallon
25/10/90.
Present position: passed by both
Houses of the Oireachtas 10/7/91
and
enacted.
Environmental
Protection
Agency Bill, 1990
(plus
Explanatory Memo).
Provisions: provides for the
establishment of an Environmental
Protection Agency which will have
the following main functions: the
control and regulation of scheduled
activities likely to pose a major risk
to environmental quality; the
general monitoring of environ-
mental quality; the provision of
support, back-up and advisory
services to public authorities and
the promotion and co-ordination of
environmental research. The Bill
also provides for a number of
miscellaneous matters relating to
the protection of the environment
and for the increase of certain
penalties.
Presented by Senator Sean Fallon
10/12/90.
Present position: passed by
Seanad Eireann 4/7/91.
Adoption Act, 1991
(No. 14 of
1991) changed from Recognition of
Foreign Adoptions Bill, 1990.
Provisions: provides for the
recognition of foreign adoption
orders in circumstances as
recommended by the Law Reform
Commission
(LRC Report No. 29,
May, 1989, on the Recognition of
Foreign Adoption Decrees)
and also
for the extension of recognition in
specified additional circumstances
which would include adoption
orders made in Romania in favour
of Irish couples.
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