Exchange Control (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1978
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Exchange Control Act, 1954 .
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paragraphs: —The following subsection is hereby substituted for section 2 (2) of the Principal Act, as amended by section 1 of the Exchange Control (Continuance) Act, 1974 :
“(2) This Act shall continue in operation until the 31st day of December, 1982, and shall then expire.”.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Minister may, by regulations, amend the definition of “the scheduled territories” in section 3 of the Principal Act.
(2)—Every regulation under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
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paragraphs: — Section 15 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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paragraphs: —(1) Section 16 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) The exportation of—
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paragraphs: — Sections 18 and 19 of the Principal Act are hereby amended by the substitution of “by or under any of the provisions of this Act” for “by any of the provisions of this Act” in each place where it occurs and subsection (1) of the said section 18 and subsections (1) (a) and (2) of the said section 19, as so amended in each case, are set out in the Table to this section.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Customs Acts shall, subject to such modifications, if any, as may be prescribed to adapt them to this Act, apply, in relation to any thing prohibited to be imported or exported by or under any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister, as they apply in relation to goods prohibited to be imported or exported by or under any of the said Acts, and any reference in the said Acts to goods shall be construed as including a reference to any thing prohibited to be imported or exported by or under any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister.
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paragraphs: —(1) (a) declare whether or not he has with him any thing prohibited to be imported or exported by or under any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister, and
(2) The officer may examine or search any article which the traveller has with him for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is conveying or has in his possession any such thing and, if the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the traveller has about his person any such thing, he may search the traveller, and the officer may seize any thing produced as aforesaid or found upon such examination or search as aforesaid as to which the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is prohibited to be imported or exported by or under any of the provisions of this Act except with the permission of the Minister, unless the traveller produces evidence showing that he is exporting or importing the thing in accordance with this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Exchange Control (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1978.
(2) The Exchange Control Acts, 1954 to 1974, and this Act may be cited together as the Exchange Control Acts, 1954 to 1978, and shall be construed together as one Act.
Acts Referred to
Exchange Control Act, 1954
1954, No. 30
Exchange Control Acts, 1954 to 1974
Exchange Control (Continuance) Act, 1974
1974, No. 26