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DECEMBER 1995
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
1995 LEGISLATION UPDATE -
November 1995
No. Title of Act and Date Passed
Commencement Date/s
28.
Industrial Development Act, 1995 (8 November, 1995)
Provides, for the development of industry; extends the powers
of Forfds and its agencies; establishes County Enterprise
Boards; amends the Industrial Development Acts, 1986 to
1993, and the Shannon Free Airport Development Company
Limited Acts, 1959 to 1991.
27 November, 1995, for all sections
except sections 3 and 4 which will
come into operation on 1 January,
1996 (S.I. No. 308 of 1995).
29.
Irish Medicines Board Act, 1995 (15 November, 1995)
Establishes a statutory body, the Irish Medicines Board,
which will replace the National Drugs Advisory Board. The
Irish Medicines Board will licence medicinal products, act
as the competent authority as provided for in EC Directives
relating to medicinal products, grant permission for the
conducting of clinical trials, inspect the processing of blood
and blood products.
Commencement order/s and
establishment order to be made.
SELECTED STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
279/1995 Finance Act, 1994
(Commencement of section
89(1)) Order, 1995.
Appoints 27 October, 1995,
as the commencement date
for s.89( 1), Finance Act,
1994. Section 89(1)
provides that bets placed
on-course in respect of
events talcing place off-
course are to be relieved of
off-course duty.
282/1995 Ethics in Public Office Act,
1995 (Commencement)
Order, 1995.
Brings the Act
into operation on 1
November, 1995, in
accordance (i) with
s.l(2)(a) of the Act.
Resolution of the Seanad
passed 15/11/95 appointing
1 January, 1996, as the
date for coming into
operation of Parts II, III, V
and VI of the Act in so far
as they relate to Seanad
Eireann and its members,
the Cleric of the Seanad,
Committees of Seanad
Eireann and the Chairman
and Deputy Chairman of
Seanad Eireann. Dail
Resolution passed on
26/10/95 appointing 1
January, 1996for the
coming into operation of
the same Parts of the Act as
they relate to Dail Eireann
and its members etc.
288/1995 Maintenance Act, 1994
(Commencement) Order,
1995.
Brings the Act into
operation on 25 November,
1995.
296/1995 Local Government Act,
1994 (Commencement)
(No. 2) Order, 1995.
Brings
certain provisions of the
Local Government Act,
/ 994, relating to local
elections and local
authority membership, into
operation on 13 November,
1995. See S.I. 296 for
details of the sections.
305/1995 District Courts (Service of
Summons) Rules, 1995.
Provides that a summons
may be served by delivery
by hand, by any member of
312/1995
an Garda Siochana, other
than the person on whose
behalf the summons
purports to be issued, in
accordance with the
provisions of s.22(l) (c) of
the Courts Act, 1991.
Comes into operation on 30
November, 1995.
Solicitors Acts, 1954 to
1994 (Professional
Indemnity Insurance)
Regulations, 1995.
Implements the provisions
of s. 26 of the Solicitors
(Amendment) Act, 1994.
Comes into operation on 1
December, 1995.
Margaret Byrne,
Librarian
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