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Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1955

In short

This law, the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1955, changes a previous law from 1947 regarding how statutory instruments are handled after they are made. It specifically updates the requirements for distributing and making these instruments available to the public.

What it regulates

  • The distribution of copies of statutory instruments to specific institutions.
  • The publication of notices about statutory instruments in the Iris Oifigiúil.
  • The availability of copies of statutory instruments for public access.
  • The printing of statutory instruments under the Stationery Office.

Who it concerns

  • Entities responsible for making statutory instruments.
  • Institutions that receive copies of statutory instruments, such as libraries and chambers of commerce.

Key points

  • Within seven days of making a statutory instrument, a copy must be sent to the National Library of Ireland, the Law Library, King's Inns Library, the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, the Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Galway Chambers of Commerce, and the Southern Law Association, Cork.
  • Notice of the making of a statutory instrument and where to get copies must be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as possible.
  • Copies of the statutory instrument must be kept at the specified place and available from the date the notice appears in the Iris Oifigiúil.
  • Statutory instruments must be printed under the superintendence of the Stationery Office as soon as possible after they are made, even if they can be annulled.
Legal text
Legal text

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1955 Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1955 Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1955 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 26 of 1955. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1947. 2. Short title and collective citation. Act Referred to Statutory Instruments Act, 1947 No. 44 of 1947 Number 26 of 1955. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF THE STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1947 . [6th December, 1955.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1947. 1.— Section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 1947 (No. 44 of 1947), is hereby amended by the substitution, for subsection

(1), of the following subsection: “
(1)The following provisions shall apply in respect of every statutory instrument to which this Act primarily applies— (
  1. a)within seven days after the making thereof, a copy thereof shall be sent to each of the following, namely, the National Library of Ireland, the Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin, the King's Inns Library, Dublin, the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the Cork Chamber of Commerce, the Limerick Chamber of Commerce, the Waterford Chamber of Commerce, the Galway Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Law Association, Cork, (
  2. b)as soon as may be after it is made, notice of the making thereof and of the place where copies thereof may be obtained shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil, (
  3. c)on and from the date of the issue of the Iris Oifigiúil containing the notice, copies of the statutory instrument shall be kept at the place specified in the notice and may be obtained there, (
  4. d)as soon as may be after it is made, it shall, notwithstanding that it is liable to be annulled, be printed under the superintendence of the Stationery Office.” Short title and collective citation. 2.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1955.
(2)The Statutory Instruments Act, 1947 , and this Act may be cited together as the Statutory Instruments Acts, 1947 and 1955. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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