The Gazette 1996

Commencement Date/s

No. Title of Act and Date Passed

2 0.

T r a n s n a t i o n al I n f o r m a t i on a n d C o n s u l t a t i on of E m p l o y e es A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Implements Council Directive 94/45/EC by establishing transnational arrangements for the information and consultation of employees in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings; provides for the establishment of European Works Councils in such undertakings or groups of undertakings. A n B o r d B ia ( A m e n d m e n t) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Increase the membership of An Bord Bia and its subsidiary boards and provides that one ordinary member of each shall be appointed on the nomination of an organisation whom the Minister considers to be representative of consumers. Amends An Bord Bia Acts, 1994 and 1995.

C o m m e n c e m e nt O r d e r to b e m a d e

2 1.

10 J u l y, 1 9 96

2 2.

B o r r o w i ng P o w e r s of C e r t a in B o d i e s A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6)

1 A u g u s t, 1 9 96 (S.I. N o . 2 3 2 of 1 9 9 6)

Makes further provision in relation to the borrowing and capital financing of State bodies; increased the borrowing limit of ACC Bank pic.

2 3.

H e a l th ( A m e n d m e n t) ( N o. 2) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 5 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Enhances the powers of the Minister for Health under section 76 of the Health Act, 1970 (which deals with the amendment, by order, of a hospital charter) in circumstances of any re-organisation or extension of the provision of hospital services. T r a n s p o rt ( D u b l in L i g ht R a i l) A c t, 1 9 96 ( 1 5 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Enables the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication to authorise by Order the construction, operation and maintenance by CIE of a light railway system serving the greater Dublin area. 2 5. D i s c l o s u re of C e r t a in I n f o r m a t i on f o r T a x a t i on a n d O t h e r P u r p o s es A c t, 1 9 96 ( 3 0 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Inserts a new section 63A into the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, which provides for the disclosure in certain circumstances of information by the Revenue Commissioners to the Garda Síochána and/or head of any body set up to deal with the assets of crime. Amends section 32(9) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, to provide for the retention of documents and materials by designated bodies for use as evidence in an investigation into any offence and not, as subsection (9) currently provides, only money laundering. Inserts a new subsection 32(1 OA) into the 1994 Act to make further provision in relation to the obligations of designated bodies under the 1994 Act. Also amends ss.57 and 64 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994; amends ss.18 and 19 of the Finance Act, 1983; amends the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879. C o u r t s A c t, 1 9 96 (31 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Increases the maximum number of ordinary judges of the Circuit Court from 24 to 27; amends section 10 of the Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995. M e t r o l o gy A c t, 1 9 96 (31 J u l y, 1 9 9 6) Establishes a legal metrology service and consolidates and updates the law relating to legal metrology - which is the regulation of the science of measurement. 2 6 . 2 7.

15 J u l y, 1 9 96

2 4.

15 J u l y, 1 9 96

3 0 J u l y, 1 9 96

31 J u l y, 1 9 96

C o m m e n c e m e nt O r d e r to b e m a d e

300