RogerFerrod/ENIMD huggingface dataset:
Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Electoral Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 156 of 2007 ) are hereby amended by:—
(a) the substitution of the following regulation for regulation 4:
“4.The prescribed photographic identification for the purposes of section 46 (6)(b) of the Electoral Act 1992 shall be:
(i) a passport;
(ii) a driving licence;
(iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph;
(iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph;
(v) a travel document containing name and photograph;
(vi) a Public Services Card.”,
(b) the substitution of the following regulation for regulation 8:
“8. A specified document for the purposes of section 111 of the Electoral Act 1992 shall be:
(i) a passport;
(ii) a driving licence;
(iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph;
(iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph;
(v) a travel document containing name and photograph;
(vi) a Bank or Savings or Credit Union book containing address in constituency or local electoral area;
(vii) a Public Services Card;
(viii) a cheque book;
(ix) a cheque card;
(x) a credit card;
(xi) a birth certificate;
(xii) a marriage certificate.
Items (viii) to (xii) shall be accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency or local electoral area.”, and
Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) Regulations 1998 to 2006 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) Regulations 1998 to 2007.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 3 January 2008.
num: 3
paragraphs: In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1998 ).
num: 4
paragraphs: Article 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution for sub articles (1) and (2) (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 693 of 2006 )) of the following sub articles:
“(1) An allowance, in the case of
(a) a married person whose weekly means do not exceed €423.30, or
(b) any other person whose weekly means do not exceed €223.30,
shall be a weekly amount equal to the amount by which the rent (calculated as a weekly rent) fixed by a Court, or by the Tribunal, or by a rent officer on or after the 25th day of July, 2002 exceeds the rent so calculated payable prior to that date,
Provided that where the rent so calculated payable prior to that date was less than €13, the allowance shall be the amount by which the rent so calculated fixed by a Court, or by the Tribunal, or by a rent officer exceeds €13.
(2) An allowance, in the case of persons whose weekly means exceed the amounts specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of sub article (1), as the case may be, shall be the amount of allowance that would arise if the provisions of sub article (1) applied, reduced
(a) in the case of a married person, by 50 cent for each €1 of weekly means in excess of €423.30, but not exceeding €623.30, and by €1 for each €1 of weekly means in excess of €623.30, and
(b) in any other case, by 50 cent for each €1 of weekly means in excess of €223.30, but not exceeding €423.30, and by €1 for each €1 of weekly means in excess of €423.30.”
Defence Forces (Billeting During a Period of Emergency) Regulations, 1940 and 1941 (Revocation) Regulations, 1946.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Defence Forces (Billeting during a Period of Emergency) Regulations, 1940 and 1941 (Revocation) Regulations, 1946.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 2nd day of September, 1946.
num: 2
paragraphs: The following are hereby revoked :
(a) the Defence Forces (Billeting during a Period of Emergency) Regulations, 1940 ( S. R. & O. No. 267 of 1940 ),
(b) the Defence Forces (Billeting during a Period of Emergency) (Amendment) Regulations, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 79 of 1941 ),
(c) the Defence Forces (Billeting during a Period of Emergency) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 194 of 1941 ).
Social Welfare (Old Age and Widows' and Orphans' (Contributory) Pensions and Retirement Pension) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Old Age and Widows' and Orphans' (Contributory) Pensions and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.
(2) These Regulations in so far as they amend the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 to 1970, the Social Welfare (Widows' and Orphans' (Contributory) Pensions) Regulations, 1966 to 1970, and the Social Welfare (Retirement Pension) Regulations, 1970 may be cited together therewith as the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension Regulations, 1960 to 1971, the Social Welfare (Widows' and Orphans' (Contributory) Pensions) Regulations, 1966 to 1971 and the Social Welfare (Retirement Pension) Regulations, 1970 and 1971.
num: 2
paragraphs: Articles 3 and 4 of these Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1971, and article 5 on the 30th day of September, 1971.
num: 3
paragraphs: The following Schedule shall be substituted for the Schedule to the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 274 of 1960 ) as inserted by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 229 of 1970 ).
Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (Section 2) (No. 2) Regulations, 1999
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (section 2) (No. 2) Regulations, 1999.
num: 2
paragraphs: The definition of “credit institution” contained in section 2 (1) of the Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (No. 24 of 1995), shall include Open + Direct Retail Services Limited:
Provided that the APR charged by such persons in respect of any credit granted to a consumer is less than 23 per cent.
GIVEN under my hand, this 7th day of December, 1999.
TOM KITT
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations further supplement the definition of “credit institution” in the Consumer Credit Act, 1995 .
Road Traffic (General Speed Limit) Regulations, 1969.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (General Speed Limit) Regulations, 1969.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1969.
num: 3
paragraphs: In these Regulations,
" road " means a public road,
" general speed limit ", " special speed limit " and " built-up area speed limit " have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part IV of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .
num: 4
paragraphs: There shall be a general speed limit of sixty miles per hour on all roads other than roads to which a built-up area speed limit or a special speed limit applies.
num: 5
paragraphs: There shall be excepted from the general speed limit prescribed in article 4 of these Regulations the following—
(a) ambulances,
(b) fire brigade vehicles, and
(c) vehicles used by members of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na in the performances of their duties as such members.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 24th day of March, 1969.
CAOIMHGHIN Ã BEOLÃ?IN,
Aire Rialtais Ã?itiÃºil
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations prescribe a general speed limit of 60 m.p.h. in respect of all public roads other than public roads to which a built-up area speed limit or a special speed limit applies. Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na vehicles while being used in the course of duty are excepted from the general speed limit by these Regulations.
European Communities (Fees on Imports of Products of Animal Origin From Third Countries) Regulations, 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Fees on Imports of Products of Animal Origin from Third Countries) Regulations, 2003.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 10th day of November, 2003.
num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations —
“border inspection post” means a border inspection post listed in Commission Decision 2001/881/EC2 and situated in the State;
“the Council Directive” means Council Directive No. 96/43/EC1 of 26 June 1996 amending and consolidating Directive 85/73/EEC3 on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls on live animals and certain animal products and amending Directives 90/675/EEC4 and 91/496/EEC5 ;
“import” means to bring products of animal origin into the State from a third country by any means whatsoever and
intended for final destination within the State or any other Member State;
“importer” means any person who, whether as owner, consignor, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of or in any way entitled to the custody or control of any imported product of animal origin;
“inspector” means an inspector within the meaning of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1996 (No. 6 of 1996);
“Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture and Food;
“products” means products to which Council Directive 72/462/EEC6 , Council Directive 89/662/EC7 , Council Directive 90/425/EEC8 , Regulation 1774/20029 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2002/99/EEC10 , except fishery products, apply;
“third country” means a country which is not a Member State of the European Community.
Social Welfare Act, 1998 (Section 22) (Commencement) Order, 1998.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1998 (Section 22) (Commencement) Order, 1998.
2 Commencement
num: 2
paragraphs: The 16th day of November, 1998, is hereby appointed as the day on which section 22 of the Social Welfare Act, 1998 (No. 6 of 1998), shall come into operation.
This Order provides that section 22 of the Social Welfare Act, 1998 will come into effect on the 16th day of November, 1998.
Section 221 of the 1993 Consolidation Act empowers the Minister to require information for the control of schemes and investigation of entitlement. Section 22 of the 1998 Act provides that anyone who fails to comply with such a request is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a maximum fine of£1,500.
Creamery Butter (Levy) Regulations, 1958.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Creamery Butter (Levy) Regulations, 1958.
num: 2
paragraphs: The rate of levy on creamery butter manufactured on or before the 31st day of March, 1958, other than creamery butter sold on or before that day, shall be 9s. 8d. per cwt.
num: 3
paragraphs: The rate of levy on creamery butter manufactured on or after the 1st day of April, 1958, shall be 26s. 8d. per cwt.
num: 4
paragraphs: The Creamery Butter (Levy) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1957 ), is hereby revoked as on and from the 1st day of April, 1958.
Natural Heritage Area (Pollatomish Bog NHA 001548) Order 2005
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Natural Heritage Area (Pollatomish Bog NHA 001548) Order 2005 and comes into operation on 27th July 2005.
num: 2
paragraphs: In this Order “Act” means the Wildlife (Amendment Act 2000 (No. 38 of 2000).
num: 3
paragraphs: The area of land comprising that part of Pollatomish Bog in the townlands of Bellanaboy, Faulagh, Knocknalower Muingerroon North and Muingerroon South in the County of Mayo (being the land enclosed on the map (contained in Schedule 1 to this Order) within the inner margin of the green line and hatched thereon in green) is designated a natural heritage area.
num: 4
paragraphs: (1) Subject to sub-article (2) of this article, each of the works mentioned in Schedule 2 is specified for the purposes of section 19(1) of the Act and is unlawful unless carried out with the consent of the Minister.
Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (Sale of Milk in Urban District of Monaghan) Order, 1982.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (Sale of Milk in Urban District of Monaghan) Order, 1982.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: On and after the 1st day of September, 1982 the sale of milk is hereby prohibited in the Urban District of Monaghan unless such milk is sold under a special designation within the meaning of Part IV of the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 .
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 24th day of June, 1982.
MICHAEL WOODS,
Minister for Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order prohibits, with effect from 1st day of September, 1982 the sale of milk in the Urban District of Monaghan unless such milk is sold under a special designation within the meaning of Part IV of the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 .
National Council For The Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (Establishment) Order, 1999 (Amendment) Order, 2000.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (Establishment) Order 1999 (Amendment) Order, 2000.
num: 2
paragraphs: The National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (Establishment) Order 1999 ( S.I. No. 376 of 1999 ) shall be amended by the substitution for article 21 of the following article:
“21. (1) The Council may, subject to the consent of the Minister, appoint such and so many employees as the Council may, from time to time, think proper and in appointing any such employees, the Council shall comply with any directions given by the Minister relating to the procedure to be followed;
(2) The Council shall, subject to the consent of the Minister, determine the remuneration and conditions of service of its employees;
(3) The Chief Executive shall, from time to time, assign such duties as he/she considers appropriate to each employee of the Council and each such employee shall perform the duties so assigned to him or her;
(4) Schemes and regulations made under the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1980 (No. 8 of 1980) shall apply to the Council as if it were a local authority;
(5) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he or she thinks fit, declare that any of the powers conferred on the Council by this Article shall be exercisable only with the consent of the Minister, and whenever any such declaration is in force, the said powers may, in relation to any office or employment to which the declaration applies, be exercised only with such consent”.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children, this 24th day of October, 2000.
MICHEÃ?L MARTIN,
Minister for Health and Children.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The effect of this Order is to provide for the application of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme to the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery.
Health Act 2007 (Section 11) (Commencement) Order 2011.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Health Act 2007 (Section 11) (Commencement) Order 2011.
num: 2
paragraphs: The 1st day of December 2011 is appointed as the day on which section 11 of the Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) comes into operation.
Control of Fishing for Salmon Order 2017.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Control of Fishing for Salmon Order 2017.
num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In this Order—
(2) In this order a reference to a fishing engine is a reference to a fishing engine for the taking of salmon.
num: 3
paragraphs: This Order applies to—
Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Authorised Fuel) Regulations, 1988.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Air Pollution Act. 1987 (Authorised Fuel) Regulations, 1988.
num: 2
paragraphs: It is hereby declared that the fuel known as Bord na Mona peat briquettes shall be an authorised fuel for the purposes of the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988 made by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin as confirmed with modification by the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988 (Confirmation) Order, 1988 ( S.I. No. 282 of 1988 ).
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment
this 22nd day of November, 1988.
PÃ?DRAIG FLYNN.
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations declare Bord na MÃ¡na peat briquettes to he an authorised fuel for use in the special control area designated in the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988.
Home-Grown Wheat (Purchase Percentage For Cereal Year 1948-49) Order, 1948.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Home-grown Wheat (Purchase Percentage for Cereal Year 1948-49) Order, 1948.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to the interpretation of this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: Of the home-grown wheat quotas, for all mills which are licensed mills at the commencement of the cereal year commencing on the 1st day of September, 1948, and ending on the 31st day of August, 1949, for such cereal year each percentage, specified in the second column of the Schedule hereto, shall be purchased and taken into store in such cereal year by holders of milling licences before the end of the month specified in the first column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of such percentage.
Tobacco (Areas For 1967) Order, 1966.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Tobacco (Areas for 1967) Order, 1966.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: (1) The maximum total number of acres which may be planted with tobacco in the year 1967 shall be one thousand five hundred acres.
(2) The maximum number of acres which may be planted with tobacco in the year 1967 by any one person shall be six acres.
(3) The minimum area which may be planted with tobacco in the year 1967 by any one person other than a person who satisfies the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries that he proposes to grow tobacco in such a year for experimental purposes, shall be a half-acre.
Housing Assistance Payment (Section 50) Regulations 2015.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Section 50) Regulations 2015.
num: 2
paragraphs: Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 21 of 2014) shall be applied by Donegal County Council from 25 May 2015 in respect of all classes of qualified households.
Finance Act 1983 (Commencement of Section 107A) Order 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1983 (Commencement of Section 107A) Order 2003.
num: 2
paragraphs: The following days are appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of section 107A(1) of the Finance Act 1983 -
(a) the day of the making of this Order, in so far as it relates to the application of the provisions of section 159A (as inserted by section 142 of the Finance Act 2003 ) of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) to repayments of residential property tax made pursuant to sections 107(1 and 110A(7) (as inserted by section 107 of the Finance Act 1993 ) of the Finance Act 1983 , and
(b) the 1st day of November 2003, in so far as it relates to the application of the provisions of section 159B (as inserted by section 142 of the Finance Act 2003 ) of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 to interest payable on claims for repayment of residential property tax pursuant to section 107 (2) of the Finance Act 1983 as respects claims for repayment made on or after that day.
Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Nos. 2 and 3) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1974.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Nos. 2 and 3) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1974.
num: 2
paragraphs: This Order shall come into operation on the 19th day of April, 1974.
num: 3
paragraphs: The Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (No. 2) (Anti-Dumping Duty on Calcium Ammonium Nitrate) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1970 ), and the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (No. 3) (Anti-Dumping Duty on Urea) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 121 of 1971 ), are hereby revoked.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 9th day of
April, 1974.
LIAM MAC COSGAIR,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order provides for revocation of the anti-dumping duties on imports of calcium ammonium nitrate from Portugal and urea from Romania, Poland and Portugal.
Care and Welfare of Poultry (Laying Hens) Regulations, 1990.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Care and Welfare of Poultry (Laying Hens) Regulations, 1990.
2 Commencement.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15th day of October, 1990.
3 Interpretation.
num: 3
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
"the Act of 1984" means the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act, 1984 (No. 13 of 1984);
"battery cage" means any enclosed space intended for laying hens in a battery system;
"battery system" means an arrangement of cages either or both beside and on top of each other;
"equipment" includes battery cages;
"intensive unit" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Act of 1984;
"laying hens" means adult hens of the species Gallus gallus which are kept for egg production and chickens of that species intended to be kept for egg production;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture and Food.
(2) In these Regulations—
( a ) a reference to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,
( b ) a reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.
4 Application.
num: 4
paragraphs: (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall apply only to laying hens kept in a battery system or in an intensive unit.
Conditions of Employment (Surgical Castings Inspection) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1972.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Surgical Castings Inspection) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1972.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
num: 3
paragraphs: The following form of industrial work, namely, the inspection of surgical castings, as carried on at the premises of Medeering Ltd., Belgard Roard, Tallaght, in the county of Dublin, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 46 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).
num: 4
paragraphs: The following provisions shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate :
(a) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 12 midnight on any day and the hour of 8 a.m. on the following day;
(b) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.
Aliens (Amendment) Order, 1988.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Amendment) Order, 1988.
(2) The Aliens Orders, 1946 to 1987 and this Order may be cited together as the Aliens Orders, 1946 to 1988, and shall be construed together as one Order.
(3) The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
(4) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1988.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion of the following Article after Article 5 as inserted by the Aliens (Amendment) Order, 1975:
"5A. An alien coming from a place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland who is a citizen of Iran shall not enter a port in the State for the purposes of transit unless he is the holder of a valid Irish transit visa".
Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Act 2019
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

num: 1
paragraphs: Any rule of law by virtue of which—
(a) blasphemy, or
(b) blasphemous libel,
is an offence is abolished.
num: 2
paragraphs: Section 7 (2)(a)(ii) of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 is amended by the substitution of “indecent or obscene” for “indecent, obscene or blasphemous”.
num: 3
paragraphs: Section 3 (2) of the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act 1925 is amended by the substitution of “indecent or obscene” for “indecent, obscene, or blasphemous”.
num: 4
paragraphs: Sections 36 and 37 of the Defamation Act 2009 are repealed.
num: 5
paragraphs: (1) This Act may be cited as the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Act 2019.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Justice and Equality may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.
Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42 (6)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations (No.2) 2005
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(6)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations (No.2) 2005.
num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations -
“Central Bank” means Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;
“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December1 , as amended by:
(i) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 745/2003 of 28 April 20032 ,
(ii) Act of Accession 2004, Annex II, Section 20, point 113 ,
(iii) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1207/2005 of 27 July 20054
(iv) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1957/2005 of 29 November 20055
and implemented by Council Decision No. 2005/848/EC of 29 November 20056 ;
“persons” includes a natural or legal person, group, entity or body;
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning that it has in the Council Regulation.
(3) In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation in these Regulations.
num: 3
paragraphs: The Central Bank may, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of these Regulations and the Council Regulation, give such directions or issue such instructions to a person as it sees fit.
num: 4
paragraphs: A person to whom a direction is given or an instruction is issued under Regulation 3 shall comply with such direction or instruction.
num: 5
paragraphs: The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(6)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 421 of 2005 ) is revoked.
European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1998
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1998.
num: 2
paragraphs: This Order shall come into operation on the sixth day of April, 1998.
num: 3
paragraphs: The laboratories listed hereunder are approved to analyse any samples of food taken by an authorised officer for the purposes of the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1998.
(i) Public Analyst's Laboratory
St Finbarr's Hospital
Douglas Road
Cork
(ii) Food Microbiology Laboratory
St Finbarr's Hospital
Douglas Road,
Cork
(iii) Public Analyst's Laboratory
Seamus Quirke Road
Galway
(iv) Food Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Microbiology
University College Hospital
Galway
(v) Public Analyst's Laboratory
Sir Patrick Dun's
Lower Grand Canal Street
Dublin 2
(vi) Microbiology Laboratory
Cherry Orchard Hospital
Dublin 10
(vii) Public Health Laboratory
Microbiology Department
Waterford Regional Hospital
Waterford
(viii) Public Health Laboratory
Microbiology Department
General Hospital
Sligo
(ix) Microbiology Laboratory
Regional Hospital
Limerick
(x) Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
3 Clonskeagh Square
119, Clonskeagh Road
Dublin 14
num: 4
paragraphs: (1) The Health (Official Control of Food) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1996 (S.I. 242 of 1996) is hereby revoked.
(2) References in another instrument to any of the Orders revoked under sub-article (1) shall be construed as references to these Orders, as appropriate.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children this 6th day of April, 1998.
Minister for Health and Children.
Article 3 of the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1998 empowers the Minister to specify an approved list of laboratories for analysis of food samples taken by authorised officers for the purpose of the regulations. This order approves a list of such laboratories with effect from 6 April, 1998.
European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.
(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986 and 1989.
num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 292 of 1986 ).
Jury Districts (No. 2) Order, 1927 (Variation No. 3) Order, 1965.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Jury Districts (No. 2) Order, 1927 (Variation No. 3) Order, 1965.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: The Schedule to the Jury Districts (No. 2) Order, 1927 (S.R. & O., No. 86 of 1927), is hereby varied by the insertion, after "Whitechurch" in the list (inserted by the Jury Districts Order (No. 2), 1927 (Variation No. 2) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1961 )) of district electoral divisions comprising Jury District No. 1 in the County of Cork, of " other than the parts of the said district electoral divisions of Blackrock, Bishopstown, Rathcooney and St. Mary's which, by virtue of the County Borough of Cork (Extension of Boundary) Provisional Order, 1965, as confirmed by the Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation Act, 1965 , became part of the County Borough of Cork".
Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.
(2) These Regulations and the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 113 of 1965 ) may be cited together as the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) Regulations 1965 and 1985.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1985.
num: 3
paragraphs: Part I of the Eighth Schedule to the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 113 of 1965 ) is hereby amended by—
( a ) the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph 1:
European Union (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use) (Principal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use) (Principal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 02 March 2022.
num: 3
paragraphs: In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use) (Principal) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 99 of 2022 ).
num: 4
paragraphs: Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended –
(a) by substituting for the definition of “Clinical Trials Regulation” the following:
“‘Clinical Trials Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) No. 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20141 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use (as amended);”,
(b) by substituting for the definition of “Directive” the following:
“‘Directive’ means Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 20014 (as amended);”, and
(c) by substituting for the definition of “Directive 2001/83/EC” the following:
“‘Directive 2001/83/EC6 means Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended);”.
num: 5
paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Regulation 28 the following:
(2) Until 31 December 2024, the import of investigational medicinal products from parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland shall not be subject to the holding of a manufacturer’s authorisation provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled –
(a) the investigational medicinal products have undergone certification of batch release either in the Union or in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland to verify compliance with the requirements set out in Article 63(1) of the Clinical Trials Regulation, and
(b) the investigational medicinal products are only made available to subjects in the State.”
Finance Act, 1987 (Designation of Urban Renewal Areas) (No. 2) Order, 1993.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Finance Act, 1987 (Designation of Urban Renewal Areas) (No. 2) Order, 1993.
num: 2
paragraphs: The definition of "designated area" contained in section 41 of the Finance Act, 1986 (No. 13 of 1986), shall include each of the areas described in Part II of the Schedule to the Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 204 of 1990 ), and in Part II of the Schedule to the Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (No. 2) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 289 of 1990 ).
num: 3
paragraphs: As respects the areas described as aforesaid, the definition of "qualifying period" in sections 42 , 44 and 45 of the Finance Act, 1986 , as amended by section 30 of the Finance Act, 1993 (No. 13 of 1993), shall be construed as a reference to the period commencing on the 1st day of May, 1990, and ending on the 30th day of November, 1993:
Provided that—
( a ) in relation to capital expenditure incurred on the construction of any qualifying premises (within the meaning of the said section 42) the foundation for which was laid in its entirety on or before the 30th day of November, 1993, the said definition in that section shall be construed as a reference to the period commencing on the 1st day of May, 1990, and ending on the 31st day of July, 1994,
( b ) in relation to qualifying expenditure (within the meaning of the said section 44) incurred on the construction of any qualifying premises (within the meaning aforesaid) the foundation for which was laid in its entirety on or before the 30th day of November, 1993, the said definition in that section shall be construed as a reference to the period commencing on the 1st day of May, 1990, and ending on the 31st day of July, 1994, and
( c ) in relation to a qualifying lease (within the meaning of the said section 45) of any qualifying premises (within the said meaning) the foundation for which was laid in its entirety on or before the 30th day of November, 1993, the said definition in that section shall be construed as a reference to the period commencing on the 1st day of May, 1990, and ending on the 31st day of July, 1994.
num: 4
paragraphs: The Finance Act, 1987 (Designation of Urban Renewal Areas) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 206 of 1990 ), and the Finance Act, 1987 (Designation of Urban Renewal Areas) (No. 2) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 315 of 1990 ), are hereby revoked.
Exchange Control Regulations, 1962.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Exchange Control Regulations, 1962.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 13th day of December, 1962.
(3) The Exchange Control Regulations, 1959 to 1961, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Exchange Control Regulations, 1959 to 1962.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Second Schedule to the Exchange Control Regulations, 1959 ( S.I. No. 44 of 1959 ), is hereby amended by the insertion of " the State of Kuwait ", " Sierra Leone ", " Tanganyika ", " Uganda " and " Western Samoa ".
Video Recordings Act, 1989 (Classification of Video Works) Regulations, 1996
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Video Recordings Act, 1989 (Classification of Video Works) Regulations, 1996.
num: 2
paragraphs: Section 4 (1) of the Video Recordings Act, 1989 (No. 22 of 1989), is hereby amended by-
(a) the substitution in paragraph (b) of "under parental guidance" for "in the company of a responsible adult",
(b) the insertion after paragraph (b) of the following:
"(bb) fit for viewing by persons aged 12 years or more,", and
(c) the insertion of "that specified in paragraph (bb) and that specified in paragraph (bb) is higher than" after "is higher than",
and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Regulation.
Table
num: 4
paragraphs: (1) When granting a supply certificate the Official Censor shall determine, and shall include in the certificate a statement indicating, to which of the following classes the video work concerned belongs:
(a) fit for viewing by persons generally,
(b) fit for viewing by persons generally but, in the case of a child under the age of 12 years, only under parental guidance,
(bb) fit for viewing by persons aged 12 years or more,
(c) fit for viewing by persons aged 15 years or more,
(d) fit for viewing by persons aged 18 years or more,
and for the purposes of this Act the class specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection is the highest classification and that specified in paragraph (d) of this subsection is the lowest classification and that specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection is higher than that specified in paragraph (bb) and that specified in paragraph (bb) is higher than that specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection and references in this Act to classification or higher classification or lower classification shall be construed accordingly.
GIVEN under my hand, this 19th day of December, 1996.
AUSTIN CURRIE,
__________________
Minister of State at the
Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations provide for changes in the classification of video works under the Video Recordings Act, 1989 . The changes in video classifications implemented are: (a) the substitution of the words "under parental guidance" for the words "in the company of a responsible adult" in the classification "fit for viewing generally, but in the case of a child under 12 years, only in the company of a responsible adult"; and (b) the introduction of an additional classification of "fit for viewing by persons aged 12 years or more".
Resolutions approving the Resolutions in draft were passed by the Dail on 18th December 1996 and by the Seanad on 19th December 1996, as required by Section 4(4)(b) of the Video Recordings Act, 1989 .
Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 (Section 10) Regulations, 1963.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 (Section 10) Regulations, 1963.
num: 2
paragraphs: Section 10 of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 (No. 33 of 1961), shall, in its application to non-domestic workers employed in coal mining, have effect as if—
(a) " fifteen hundred hours " were substituted for " sixteen hundred hours " in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), and
(b) " one hundred and twenty-five hours " were substituted for " one hundred and thirty-five hours " in paragraph (d) of subsection (3).
Statistics (Service Inquiries) Order 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Service Inquiries) Order 2003.
num: 2
paragraphs: This Order applies to an undertaking engaged in the provision of any one or more of the services specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: (1) It is prescribed that an undertaking to which this Order applies shall provide the Central Statistics Office with the information specified in Schedules 2,3 and 4 to this Order in statistical form pursuant to surveys (the first of which shall be in the year 2003 and the last of which shall be in the year 2007 undertaken by that Office at intervals of not more than 12 months.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall relate to the year immediately preceding that in which the relevant survey is undertaken save that in the case of employment matters the information referred to in the said paragraph shall relate to both the year in which the relevant survey is undertaken and the year immediately preceding that year.
European Union (Control of Trade in Goods that may be used for Torture) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Control of Trade in Goods that may be used for Torture) Regulations 2021.
num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations –
(a) “appeals officer” means an officer acting under the authority of the Minister to review a decision to refuse to grant an export authorisation;
(b) “applicant” means an individual or entity that has applied for an export authorisation;
(c) “authorisation” means the authorisation that is required under the EU Regulation in order to export such of the goods to which the EU Regulation applies, the export of which may take place under the EU Regulation and which are listed in Annex III of the EU Regulation;
Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations, 1965.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations, 1965.
num: 2
paragraphs: Articles 6 and 7 of the Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations, 1961 ( S.I. No. 198 of 1961 ) are hereby revoked.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this Thirty-first day of August, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-five.
DONOGH O'MALLEY,
Minister for Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations revoke articles 6 and 7 of the Dental and Aural Appliances Regulations, 1961 under which restrictions and conditions were imposed relating to the supply of aural appliances under section 14 of the Health Act, 1953 .
Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Mobile Satellite Earth Stations For Satellite Personal Communication Systems Operating in Bands Below 1 Ghz (S-Pcs<<1 Ghz)) Order, 2000
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Mobile Satellite Earth Stations for Satellite Personal Communication Systems operating in bands below 1 GHz (S-PCS<1 GHz)) Order, 2000.
num: 2
paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
num: 3
paragraphs: In this Order—
“CEPT” means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations;
“ERC” means the European Radiocommunications Committee of CEPT;
“ECTRA” means the European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs of CEPT;
“ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;
“ITU” means the International Telecommunication Union;
“Mobile Earth Station (MES)” means mobile apparatus for wireless telegraphy, to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points, which complies with ETSI Performance Specification ETS-300-721, and which operates in frequency bands allocated to the Mobile-Satellite Service;
“Mobile-Satellite Service” means a radiocommunications service between mobile earth stations and one or more space stations;
“ETS-300-721” means European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) providing specifications for the standardisation of the characteristics of Mobile Earth Stations (MESs) providing Low Bit Rate Data Communications (LBRDC) using LEO satellites operating below 1 GHz;
“ERC/DEC/(99)06” means ERC Decision of 10 March 1999 on the harmonised introduction of satellite personal communications systems operating in the bands below 1 GHz (S-PCS<1 GHz);
“S-PCS<1 GHz” means non-geostationary mobile-satellite personal communication systems operating in radio frequency bands below 1 GHz for non-voice applications and for the provision of low bit rate data communication services with regional or global coverage.
num: 4
paragraphs: The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy is hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), is not to apply, namely, the class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy described in the schedule to this order.
Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 2007
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances Regulations, 2007.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2007.
num: 3
paragraphs: The Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 2006 ( S.I. No. 825 of 2005 ) are hereby revoked.
num: 4
paragraphs: In these Regulations -
“outgoings” means the rent, ground rent, rates and purchase annuity payable in respect of premises and mortgage repayments relating to the purchase of premises;
“receiving in-patient services” means receiving in-patient services made available under the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970); and
“person” means a person to whom Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 applies by virtue of sub-section (1) of that Section.
num: 5
paragraphs: The payment to be made under sub-section (3) of Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 to or in respect of a person or his/her dependants shall be a weekly payment not exceeding:-