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Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966

In short

This law clarifies how documents are formally presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament) and sets rules for the minimum time periods that must pass after certain documents are presented.

What it regulates

  • The procedure for "laying" a document before a House of the Oireachtas.
  • The minimum period for certain documents to come into force or be acted upon after being laid.
  • The definition of "statute" for the purposes of this Act.
  • Specific rules for orders relating to fees under the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832.

Who it concerns

  • Anyone involved in presenting documents to the Houses of the Oireachtas as required by law.
  • Bodies or individuals affected by instruments (like orders, regulations, or schemes) that must be laid before the Oireachtas.

Key points

  • If a House of the Oireachtas has standing orders for laying documents, those orders define the procedure. If not, the House's current practice defines it.
  • For certain instruments or drafts laid after this Act passed, if a period for them to come into force or be acted upon is not expressed in "sitting days," that period is extended to include specific "relevant weeks" if it would otherwise expire earlier.
  • "Relevant weeks" means the week of laying (if the House sits later that week) or the first sitting week after, plus the next three sitting weeks.
  • Orders relating to fees under the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832, come into force at least three months after being made, unless a resolution by the Oireachtas changes this.
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 1966 Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966 Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966 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 10 of 1966. HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS (LAYING OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1966 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Definition. 2. Procedure for laying document. 3. Provision of minimum period in relation to laying of certain documents. 4. Orders relating to fees laid Pursuant to Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832. 5. Short title. Acts Referred to Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832 1832, c. 87 Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848 1848, c. 120 Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1875 1875, c. 5 Number 10 of 1966. HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS (LAYING OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1966 AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE LAYING OF DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS AND IN RELATION TO CERTAIN ORDERS REQUIRED TO BE LAID BEFORE THOSE HOUSES. [15th March, 1966.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Definition. 1.—In this Act “statute”, except in subparagraph (
  4. ii)of paragraph (
  5. a)of subsection

(2)of section 3, means— (
  1. a)an Act of the Oireachtas, (
  2. b)an Act of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Éireann, (
  3. c)an Act of the Parliament of the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or (
  4. d)an Act of a Parliament sitting in Ireland at any time before the coming into force of the Union with Ireland Act, 1800. Procedure for laying document. 2.—A reference in any statute to the laying of a document before a House of the Oireachtas shall be construed— (
  5. a)if the standing orders of the House which are for the time being in force specify the action to be taken as constituting laying of the document before the House, as a reference to the taking of that action, and (
  6. b)if such standing orders do not so specify, as a reference to the taking of such action as, by virtue of the practice which for the time being is followed by the House, is accepted as constituting laying of the document before the House. Provision of minimum period in relation to laying of certain documents. 3.—
(1)Where in accordance with a provision contained in any statute passed before the passing of this Act— (
  1. a)an instrument in relation to which this section applies may not come into force or may not take effect within a period after the laying of the instrument before a House of the Oireachtas, being a period not expressed in sitting days, (
  2. b)a proposed instrument in relation to which this section applies may not be made, issued, granted or given within a period after the laying of a draft of the instrument before a House of the Oireachtas, being a period not expressed in sitting days, or (
  3. c)an instrument in relation to which this section applies or a draft of a proposed such instrument may be annulled, disallowed or disapproved, or rendered such as not to have any force or such that no further proceedings are to be taken thereon, in whole or in part by or consequent upon action taken by a House of the Oireachtas within a period after the laying of the instrument or draft before the House, being a period not expressed in sitting days, then, in any case in which the laying before the House of the Oireachtas is effected after the passing of this Act, the period shall, if apart from this subsection it would expire earlier, be deemed not to have expired before the expiration of the relevant weeks.
(2)In subsection
(1)of this section— (
  1. a)“instrument in relation to which this section applies” means— (
  2. i)any order, regulation, rule, scheme, bye-law, warrant, licence, permit, certificate, direction or other like document, or (
  3. ii)any statute for the government of a university or constituent college thereof, with respect to which the power or authority under which it may be made, issued, granted or given is conferred by or under statute; (
  4. b)“the relevant weeks” means the following weeks: (
  5. i)either— (I) in case, in the week in which the laying before the House of the Oireachtas is effected, the House sits on any day later than the day on which the laying before it is effected—the week in which the laying before the House is effected, or (II) in any other case—the first week, after the week in which the laying before the House of the Oireachtas is effected, in which the House sits, (
  6. ii)the first week, after the week specified in subparagraph (
  7. i)of this paragraph, in which the House of the Oireachtas sits, (iii) the first week, after the week specified in subparagraph (
  8. ii)of this paragraph, in which the House of the Oireachtas sits, (
  9. iv)the first week, after the week specified in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, in which the House of the Oireachtas sits. Orders relating to fees laid pursuant to Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832. 4.—
(1)This section applies to any order under section 35 of the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832, or under that section and section 9 of the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848 , which relates only to fees.
(2)Notwithstanding section 1 of the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1875 , but subject to the next subsection, an order to which this section applies shall come into force on such day, not earlier than three months after the order is made, as shall be specified for that purpose in the order.
(3)The foregoing subsection shall not prejudice the operation of any resolution passed in relation to an order to which this section applies pursuant to section 1 of the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1875 , and, if the resolution is passed after the order has come into force, the operation of the resolution shall not affect anything previously done under the order. Short title. 5.—This Act may be cited as the Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966. 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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