Consolidated Legislation
Posted by bollinsl on 11 September 2008
Official Collection
There is no official collection (collections that are legally binding by or on behalf of a State authority) of consolidated legislation in Ireland.
However, consolidation Acts are used on occasion to consolidate the law in certain areas.
Restatements are administrative consolidations of acts, which will be available in future.
The Legislation Directory (Chronoloical Tables) gives a view of an act or statutory instrument, as amendmented by later statutes or statutory instruments.
More details of each category are available below.
Irish Statute Book http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/
Access: free
Status: informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website, CD-ROM
Deadline for Consolidation: There is no deadline for consolidation
Organisation responsible: Office of the Attorney General
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Consolidation Acts
A consolidating Act consolidates existing statute law on a particular subject matter by repealing and re-enacting Acts and amendments to those Acts in a single legally binding Act.
Special procedures relating to Consolidation Bills are set out in Standing Orders of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Examples of consolidation acts are:
Houses of the Oireachtas Web site http://www.oireachtas.ie/
Access: free
Status: PDF copies of Acts and Official translations legally binding (prima facie evidence), html copies – informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website, DVD (Debates)
Deadline for Consolidation: There is no deadline for consolidation
Organisation responsible: Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas
Contents
Consolidation Acts
A consolidating Act consolidates existing statute law on a particular subject matter by repealing and re-enacting Acts and amendments to those Acts in a single legally binding Act.
Special procedures relating to Consolidation Bills are set out in Standing Orders of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Examples of consolidation acts are:
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
- Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 – File 1
- Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 – File 2
- Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 – File 3
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Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
Law Reform Commission http://www.lawreform.ie/
Access: free
Status: work in progress, will be prima facie evidence in court
Available Media: On-line database / Website
Deadline for Consolidation: There is no deadline for consolidation
Organisation responsible:
Contents
Restatements
In accordance with the Statute Law Restatement Act 2002, the Law Reform Commission produces Statute Law Restatements.
A restatement is an administrative consolidation of an Act, as amended subsequently, which is made available in printed or electronic form in a single text and is certified by the Attorney General as an up-to date statement of the Act in question as amended.
Irish Statute Book http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/
Access: free
Status: informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website, CD-ROM
Deadline for Consolidation: There is no deadline for consolidation
Organisation responsible: Office of the Attorney General
Contents
Legislation Directory (Chronological Tables)
The purpose of the Legislative Directory is to enable users of the Irish Statute Book to identify whether a particular provision has been amended or otherwise affected since its enactment.
The Legislation Directory 1922-2005 indicates how the following statutes are affected by:
- Acts of the Oireachtas,
- Saorstát Éireann (Irish Free State) Statutes,
- or Statutory Instruments:
The following statutes are affected:
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Pre-Union Irish Statutes (1236-1800)
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English Statutes (1226-1707)
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Pre-Union British Statutes (1707-1800)
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United Kingdom Statutes (1801-1922)
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Saorstát Éireann Statutes (1922-1937)
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Acts of the Oireachtas (1937-2008)
The Legislation Directory also lists:
- Orders made under section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939
- Commencement orders under the 1922-2005 legislation
- Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972
