Statute Law Revision Act 2015
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: In this Act—
“Act of 2005” means the Interpretation Act 2005 ;
“instrument” means—
(a) an order, regulation, rule, bye-law, scheme or proclamation,
(b) any similar instrument (including a warrant, licence, certificate, direction, notice or guideline) of a regulatory, general or public nature, howsoever described, other than a charter or letters patent, or
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to subsection (2), all instruments made before 1 January 1821 that are in force in the State immediately before the passing of this Act are revoked.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—
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paragraphs: (1) For ease of reference, there is set out in Schedule 2 a list of instruments made before 1 January 1821 which—
(a) were not wholly revoked before the passing of this Act, and
(b) are not saved by virtue of section 2 (2)(a),
and for the purposes of this subsection “wholly revoked” includes an instrument to which section 2 (2)(b) relates.
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paragraphs: In respect of each instrument specified in column (1) in any Part of Schedule 1 , each such instrument may be cited by the citation assigned to it in column (4) of the Part concerned opposite the mention of that instrument in column (3).
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paragraphs: (1) This Act does not affect any existing principle or rule of law or equity or any established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure or any existing trust, notwithstanding that it may have been in any manner derived from, affirmed or recognised by any instrument revoked by this Act.
(2) Where any instrument not revoked by this Act, or statute, has been commenced, applied, confirmed, revived or perpetuated by a revoked instrument, such commencement, application, confirmation, revival or perpetuation is not affected by the revocation.
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paragraphs: The Statutory Instruments Act 1947 is amended—
(a) in section 2—
(i) by inserting after subsection (2) the following:
“(2A) Statutory instruments made under any of—
(a) sections 17 , 21 to 23 , 25 to 27 , 29 , 33 , 35 , 36 (3) as respects revocation orders, 37 to 49 , 53 , 55 , 56 , 60 to 68 , 70 , 72 , 73 , 75 , 80 to 82 , 84 , 86 to 88 , 90 , 92 to 94 , 97 , 98 , 100 , 102 , 103 , 114 to 117 , 180 , 182 , 184 , 243 , 244 , 246 , 290 and 292 of the Defence Act 1954 , or
(b) sections 2 and 5 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 ,
shall not be instruments to which this Act primarily applies.”,
(ii) by repealing subsections (3) and (4), and
(iii) in subsection (5) —
(I) in paragraph (a), by deleting “or direction”, and
(II) in paragraph (b), by deleting “or direction” in both places where it occurs,
and
(b) in section 3(1) (as substituted by section 1 of the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act 1955 ) in paragraph (a), by deleting all the words beginning with “, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce” down to and including “the Galway Chamber of Commerce”.
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paragraphs: (1) In addition to the provisions of the Evidence Act 1845 , the Documentary Evidence Act 1868 and the Documentary Evidence Act 1882 (in so far as they relate to the publications set out in paragraph (a)), prima facie evidence of an instrument (including, if required, an instrument revoked by section 2 ) may be given in all courts and in all legal proceedings—
(a) by producing a copy of the instrument as published in one of the following publications:
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paragraphs: The functions of the Taoiseach under section 8 of the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 are transferred to the Minister.
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paragraphs: (1) This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2015.