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Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1954
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Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1954
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Number 31 of 1954.
DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACT, 1954.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
âThe Actsâ.
2.
Extension of the Acts to agents for the biological control of plant pests.
3.
Amendment of section 7 of Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1929.
4.
Repeals.
5.
Short title and citation.
SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Acts Referred to
Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1929
No. 7 of 1929
Number 31 of 1954.
DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACT, 1954.
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACTS, 1877 TO 1929, TO AGENTS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT PESTS AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN ENACTMENTS. [9th December, 1954.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:â
âThe Actsâ.
1.âIn this Act, âthe Actsâ means the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 to 1929.
Extension of the Acts to agents for the biological control of plant pests.
2.ââInsectâ when used in the Acts shall, in addition to the meanings assigned to it by the Acts, include agents for the biological control of plant pests, namely, parasites, predators and micro-organisms in every stage or condition of development which are used for the control of insects, within the meaning of the Acts.
Amendment of section 7 of Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1929.
3.âIn
section 7
(which relates to expenses) of the
Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1929
(No. 7 of 1929), the references to that Act shall be construed as including references to this Act.
Repeals.
4.âThe enactments set out in the
Schedule
to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule.
Short title and citation.
5.â(1) This Act may be cited as the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1954.
(2) The Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 to 1954.
SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Section 4
.
Session and chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
(1)
(2)
(3).
40 & 41 Vic., c. 68
Destructive Insects Act, 1877.
Sections 3 and 4; in section 5, from âAny Order of the Privy Councilâ to the end of the section; section 6; subsections (2) and (3) of section 7; section 9.
61 & 62 Vic., c. 37
Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898
.
In paragraph (b) of section 6, âand the Destructive Insects Act, 1877â.
7 Edw. VII, c. 4
Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1907.
The proviso to subsection (1) of section 1; subsection (2) of section 1.
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