Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Marriages of British subjects with foreigners abroad.                1.—(1) Any British subject who desires to be married in a foreign country to a foreigner according to the law of that country may, if it is desired for the purpose of complying with the requirement of the law of that country to obtain the certificate hereinafter mentioned, give notice of the marriage, if resident in the United Kingdom, to the registrar, and if resident abroad, to the marriage officer, and apply to the registrar or officer for a certificate that after proper notices have been given no legal impediment to the marriage has been shown to the registrar or officer to exist, and the registrar or officer shall, after the conditions set out in the Schedule to this Act have been complied with, give the certificate applied for, unless the certificate is forbidden or a caveat is in operation as provided in that Schedule, or some legal impediment to the marriage is shown to the registrar or officer to exist.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 36.
(2) If a person—
(a) knowingly and wilfully makes a false oath or signs a false notice of marriage for the purpose of a certificate under this section; or
(b) forbids the granting of a certificate under this section by falsely representing himself to be a person who is authorised to forbid the certificate, knowing that representation to be false,
that person shall be guilty of perjury, and, if the offence is committed abroad, may be tried in any county or place in the United Kingdom in which the offender may be, and dealt with in the same manner in all respects as if the offence had been committed in that county or place.

(3) If any person enters a caveat on grounds which the registrar or officer or, in case of appeal, the Registrar-General declares to be frivolous, that person shall be liable to pay as a debt to the applicant for the certificate such sum as the registrar or officer or, in the case of appeal, the Registrar-General considers to be proper compensation for the damage caused to the applicant by the entering of the caveat.
(4) Such fees may be charged in respect of any notice of an intended marriage, or any application for or grant of a certificate, or the entering of a caveat under this section, as may be fixed, as respects certificates to be granted by or caveats entered with registrars, by the Registrar-General, with the consent of His Majesty in Council, and, as respects certificates to be granted by or caveats entered with a marriage officer, as may be fixed by Order under the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891.

Marriage of foreigners with British subjects in the United Kingdom.  2.—(1) Where arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of His Majesty with any foreign country for the issue by the proper officers of that country, in the case of persons subject to the marriage law of that country proposing to marry British subjects in the United Kingdom, of certificates that, after proper notices have been given, no impediment according to the law of that country has been shown to exist to the marriage, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, make regulations—
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 81.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 119.
(a) requiring any person, subject to the marriage law of that foreign country, who is to be married to a British subject in the United Kingdom, to give notice of the fact that he is subject to the marriage law of that country to the person by or in the presence of whom the marriage is to be solemnised; and
(b) forbidding any person to whom such a notice is given to solemnise the marriage or to allow it to be solemnised until such a certificate as aforesaid is produced to him.
(2) If any person knowingly acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any such regulation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to relate or have any reference to any marriages between two persons professing the Jewish religion solemnised according to the usages of the Jews in the presence of the secretary of a synagogue authorised by either the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836, or the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, or by the Marriage and Registration Act, 1856, to register such a marriage, or of a deputy appointed by such secretary by writing under his hand, and approved by the president for the time of the London committee of deputies of the British Jews by writing under his hand.

Power to make general regulations.                                   3. His Majesty may by Order in Council make general regulations prescribing the forms to be used under this Act and making such other provisions as seem necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act, and may by Order in Council revoke, alter, or add to any Order in Council made under this Act.

Interpretation.                                                      4. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
55 & 56 Vict. c. 23.
The expressions “Registrar-General” and “registrar” mean respectively the Registrar-General within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836, and a superintendent registrar of marriages within the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1836; and
The expression “marriage officer” means a marriage officer for the time being under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, and includes any person for the time being empowered to register a marriage under section eighteen of that Act.

Application to Scotland.                                             5. In the application of this Act to Scotland—
17 & 18 Vict. c. 80.
(1) References to the forbidding of a certificate shall not apply;
(2) A reference to a caveat shall be construed as a reference to an objection, and the provisions respecting the entry of a caveat on frivolous grounds shall not apply;
(3) The expressions “Registrar-General” and “registrar” mean respectively the Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland, and the registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for a parish or district under the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act, 1854, and the Acts amending that Act;
(4) Paragraph (a) of subsection one of section two shall be read as if the following words were inserted after the word “solemnised,” namely, “or to any registrar, law agent, or other person whom he desires to draw up any declaration of irregular marriage between him and a British subject”; and paragraph (b) of the same subsection shall be read as if the following words were inserted after the word “solemnised,” namely, “or to aid in effecting the said irregular marriage”;
(5) The duly appointed minister of a synagogue shall be substituted in subsection (3) of section two for the secretary of the synagogue or deputy as described in that subsection.

Application to Ireland.                                              6. In the application of this Act to Ireland the expressions “Registrar-General” and “registrar” mean respectively the Registrar-General and registrar within the meaning of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.

Short title.                                                         7. This Act may be cited as the Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906.

SCHEDULE.
Part I.
Provisions applicable except in Scotland.
A.—Conditions.
1. The applicant shall sign a notice stating the name, surname, profession, condition, nationality, and residence of each of the parties to the marriage, and whether each of the parties is or is not a minor.
2. The applicant shall at the time of giving the notice make and subscribe in a book to be kept by the registrar or officer for the purpose an oath—
(a) that the applicant believes that there is no impediment to the marriage by reason of kindred or alliance, or otherwise; and
(b) that the applicant has for three weeks immediately preceding had his usual residence within the district of the registrar or officer; and
(c) if the applicant, not being a widower or widow, is under the age of twenty-one years, that the consent of the persons whose consent to the marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having authority to give that consent, as the case may be.
3. The registrar or officer shall file every such notice and keep it with the archives of his office, and shall forthwith enter in a book of notices to be kept by him for the purpose, and post up in some conspicuous place in his office a copy of every such notice, and shall keep it so posted up for at least twenty-one days.
4. The book in which the notice is entered, and the copy posted up, shall be open at all reasonable times without fee to the inspection of any person.

B.—Provisions as to forbidding Certificate, and as to Caveats.

5. Any person whose consent is required by law to marriages solemnised in England may forbid the certificate by writing the word “forbidden” opposite to the entry of the application in the book of notices, and by subscribing thereto his name and residence and the character by reason of which he is authorised to forbid the certificate.
6.—(a) Any person may enter with the registrar or officer a caveat against the granting of the certificate, signed by him or in his behalf and stating his residence and the grounds of his objection.
(b) The registrar or officer shall examine into the matter of the caveat and decide whether it ought to obstruct the giving of the certificate or not, but he may if he thinks fit refer the matter to the Registrar-General to decide. If the registrar or officer decides the question himself, and decides that the caveat ought to obstruct the granting of the certificate, the applicant for the certificate may appeal to the Registrar-General in manner provided by regulations made under this Act.
(c) The caveat shall cease to operate—
(i) if withdrawn by the persons entering it; or
(ii) if it is decided by the registrar or officer or by the Registrar-General on appeal that it ought not to obstruct the giving of the certificate.

Part II.
Provisions applicable in Scotland.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 43.
A.—Conditions.
1. The applicant shall give a notice to the registrar of the parish or district in which he shall have resided for a period of not less than fifteen clear days previous to the giving thereof. Such notice shall be in the form as nearly as may be set forth in Schedule A. to the Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act, 1878, but shall state, in addition to the particulars therein set out, the nationality of the parties to the intended marriage.
2. On the receipt of a notice of an intended marriage the registrar, being satisfied that the notice is conformable to the requirements of this Act, shall forthwith enter the particulars set forth in the notice in the Marriage Notice Book kept in terms of the Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act, 1878, and shall on the same day post or put up in a conspicuous and accessible place on the door or outer wall of his office a public notice of the intended marriage, in the form as nearly as may be set forth in the Schedule B. annexed to the said last-mentioned Act, but stating, in addition to the particulars therein set out, the nationality of the parties to the intended marriage, and shall keep the same so posted or put up for seven consecutive days thereafter.

B.—Provisions as to Objections.
3.—(a) Any person may enter with the registrar an objection against the granting of the certificate signed by him or on his behalf, and stating his residence and the grounds of his objection.
(b) The registrar shall refer any objection to the Registrar-General, who shall decide whether it ought to obstruct the granting of the certificate or not, and shall instruct the registrar accordingly, and the instructions so given shall be carried out by the registrar.
(c) The objection shall cease to operate—
(i) if withdrawn by the person entering it; or
(ii) if it is decided by the Registrar-General that it ought not to obstruct the granting of the certificate.


Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notification of bee pest or foul brood.                                                                  1.—(1) If any person keeping or having charge of bees becomes aware that the bees, or any of them, are affected with the disease known as bee pest or foul brood, he shall forthwith give notice of that fact to the local authority of the district in which the bees are kept.

(2) If any person required to give notice under this section fails to give the notice forthwith, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Inspection of bees.                                                                                2.—(1) Any officer of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Department”) charged with agricultural duties and authorised in writing in that behalf by the Department, and, within the district of any local authority, any person authorised in writing in that behalf by the local authority, shall have power to enter at all reasonable times any premises where bees are kept, and to inspect any bees and articles and appliances used in connection with bee-keeping.

(2) If any person refuses to allow any such officer or authorised person to enter any premises which he is entitled to enter under this section, or obstructs or impedes him in the execution of his duty, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Destruction of bees and articles infected or supposed to be infected.                                    3.—(1) The Department, and, within the district of any local authority, the local authority, may, if they think fit, cause to be destroyed any bees and articles and appliances used in connection with bee-keeping which are infected with bee pest or foul brood, or suspected of being so infected.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the Department or the local authority may, if they think fit, serve a notice in writing upon the person keeping or having charge of any such bees, articles, or appliances, requiring him to destroy the same within the period specified in the notice; and, if any such person upon whom a notice is served fails to destroy the bees, articles, and appliances mentioned in the notice within the period therein specified, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Infected areas.                                                                                4. The Department may at any time, if they think fit, upon any evidence satisfactory to them, by order, declare any area to be an area infected with bee pest or foul brood, and may cause to be destroyed any bees and articles and appliances used in connection with bee-keeping within that area; and the provisions of the last preceding section relative to notices, including penal provisions, shall apply in the case of every person keeping or having charge of any bees or articles or appliances used in connection with bee-keeping within that area.

Penalties.                                                                                5. Any person who knowingly removes from his premises, or sells or disposes of to any other person, or imports into any district, any bees infected with bee pest or foul brood, or any article or appliance used in connection with bee-keeping and infected with that disease, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding, for the first offence, five pounds, and for the second or any subsequent offence, ten pounds.

Compensation.                                                                                6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, compensation may be paid to the owner of any bees, articles, or appliances destroyed under this Act, if the Department, with the consent of the local authority of the district within which the bees, articles or appliances were kept, so directs, and the compensation shall be payable by such local authority accordingly.

(2) The amount of the compensation shall be determined in accordance with a scale to be prescribed by the Department, and shall in no case exceed one half of the value of the bees, articles and appliances immediately before their destruction.
(3) The consent of the local authority shall be signified by a resolution of the authority consenting generally to the payment of compensation, in accordance with the provisions of this section, in every case to which the section applies.

Prohibition of bee-keeping on infected premises.                                                         7.—(1) The Department may, by order, prohibit the keeping of bees for such period as they think fit upon any premises upon which any bees, articles, or appliances have been destroyed under this Act.

(2) Any person keeping bees contrary to an order made by the Department under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Regulations.                                                                                8. The Department may make regulations—
56 & 57 Vict. c. 66.
(a) With respect to the manner in which notices are to be given under this Act;
(b) With respect to the method of cleaning, disinfection or the destruction of bees, articles, and appliances under this Act, and the making and determination of claims for compensation; and
(c) Generally for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect.

Section one of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, shall not apply to any regulations made in pursuance of this section.

Appointment of officers by local authorities.                                                            9. A local authority may, with the consent of the Department, appoint one or more officers for the purpose of the execution of this Act having such qualifications and upon such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Department approve.

Local authorities and expenses.                                                                          10.—(1) The local authority for the purposes of this Act shall—
(a) as respects the rural districts of any administrative county, be the county council;
(b) as respects an urban district or county borough, be the council of the district or borough.
(2) The expenses incurred by or on behalf of a local authority in the execution of this Act, including compensation, shall be defrayed in the case of the council of a county other than a county borough out of the funds at the disposal of the council for the purposes of agriculture and other rural industries, and, in the case of the council of an urban district or county borough, out of any rate or fund applicable to the purposes of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1907, as if incurred for those purposes.

Exercise of powers of county councils by committees for the purposes of Part I. of 62 & 63 Vict. c. 50.  11. The powers and duties of the council of every county other than a county borough under this Act shall be exercised and discharged by and through the committee appointed by the council for the purposes of Part I. of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899.

Prosecution of offences.                                                                                12.—(1) Any offence under this Act may be prosecuted, and any penalty recoverable under this Act may be recovered in a summary manner.

(2) A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be instituted, and a penalty recoverable under this Act may be recovered, either by the Department or the local authority.
(3) All penalties recovered under this Act shall, notwithstanding any provision in any other Act, be paid to the body by whom the prosecution is instituted under this section, and shall be applied in aid of the expenses of that body in the execution of this Act.

Extent, citation, and commencement.                                                                      13. This Act shall apply to Ireland only, and may be cited as the Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908, and shall come into operation on the first day of January one thousand nine hundred and nine.


Grant of duties as specified in schedules annexed.                                                                            1. [2] There shall be charged, collected, and paid, for the use of Her Majesty, the several rates and duties of . . . excise . . . specified and contained in the several schedules marked respectively . . . (B), . . . to this Act annexed; and the said rates, duties [and drawbacks] . . shall continue to be charged, collected, paid, and allowed respectively until Parliament shall otherwise order; and the said several schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act.

Provisions of former Acts to apply to this Act.                                                                               2. All the powers, provisions, clauses, regulations, allowances, and exemptions, forfeitures, pains, and penalties, contained in or imposed by any Act or Acts, or any schedule thereto, relating to any duties . . . of the same kind or description as the several . . . duties . . . granted . . . by this Act respectively, and in force at the time of the passing of this Act, and not hereby expressly repealed, . . . shall respectively be in full force and effect with respect to the said duties . . . by this Act granted . . . respectively, so far as the same are or shall be applicable, in all cases not hereby expressly provided for, and shall be observed, applied, allowed, enforced, and put in execution for and in the raising, levying, collecting, and securing of the said last-mentioned . . . duties, . . . and otherwise in relation thereto, so far as the same shall not be superseded by and shall be consistent with the express provisions of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been herein repeated and specially enacted, mutatis mutandis, with reference to the . . . duties, . . . by this Act granted . . . respectively:
[Ss. 3, 4 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]
Excise Licences.
Occasional licences for refreshment houses, beer houses and sale of tobacco.                                                  5. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, whenever they shall consider it necessary for the accommodation of the public, to authorize any officer of Excise to grant (upon payment of the respective duties in that behalf mentioned in schedule (B.) to this Act) an occasional licence in the several and respective cases herein-after mentioned; (that is to say), to any person who shall have taken out an Excise licence under the Refreshment Houses Act, 1860, and the Refreshment Houses (Ireland) Act, 1860, respectively, to keep a refreshment house, or to sell by retail in a refreshment house foreign wine to be consumed therein; or an Excise licence under the Beerhouse Act, 1834, to retail beer to be drunk or consumed in or upon the house or premises where sold; or an Excise licence under the Excise Licences Act, 1825, to deal in or sell tobacco or snuff; and every such occasional licence shall authorize any such person as aforesaid to exercise and carry on the same trade and business as he shall be authorized to carry on by virtue of the licence granted under the said Acts respectively as aforesaid at any such place (other than the place for which his original licence was granted), and for and during such space or period of time, not exceeding three consecutive days at any one time, as the said Commissioners shall approve, and as shall be specified in such occasional licence: Provided, that the said occasional licence shall not protect any such person in the carrying on of any such trade or business as aforesaid unless he shall produce such licence whenever requested so to do by any officer of Excise, or by any constable or police officer, at the time of exercising such trade or business; and provided also, that the conditions and restrictions contained in the twentieth section of the Revenue Act, 1863, relating to occasional licences, shall apply to the occasional licences to be granted under this Act (except in the case of occasional licences to sell tobacco or snuff).

23 & 24 Vict. cc. 27, 107. 4 & 5 Vict. c. 85.
6 Geo. 4. c. 81.
Conditions of 26 & 27 Vict. c. 33. s. 20. to apply (except to tobacco retailers).

[Ss. 6, 7, 9, 10 rep. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14. s. 14. S. 8 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.) Ss. 11—14 rep. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 99.]

Income Tax.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 34. s. 40.                                                                                15. And whereas under and by virtue of the fortieth section of the Income Tax Act, 1853, persons liable to the payment of rent, yearly interest, or any annuity or other annual payment therein mentioned, are entitled and authorized on making such payment to deduct and retain thereout the amount of the rate of income tax which shall be payable at the time when such payment becomes due: Be it enacted, that the persons liable to and making any such payment as aforesaid shall be entitled and are hereby authorized to deduct and retain thereout the amount of the rate or a proportionate amount of the several rates of income tax which were chargeable by law upon or in respect of such rent, interest, annuity, or other annual payment, or the source thereof, during the period through which the same was accruing due, anything in the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Income tax may be deducted from rent, &c. at the rate or rates chargeable during the period when the rent, &c. was accruing.

SCHEDULES.
[Sched. (A.) rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]
Schedule (B.)
Sect. 1 .
Containing the Duties of Excise granted by this Act; that is to say,

. . . . . . . . . . . .
On occasional licences to refreshment house keepers, wine retailers, beer retailers, and tobacco dealers; (that is to say,)

£     s.  d.
For and upon every occasional licence to the keeper of a refreshment house, for each and every day for which such licence shall be granted - - - -                 Nil.

For and upon every occasional licence to retail foreign wine to be consumed at the place where sold, for each and every day for which the same shall be granted -  0     1   0
For and upon every occasional licence to retail beer to be consumed at the place where sold, for each and every day for which the same shall be granted - -        0     1   0
For and upon every occasional licence to deal in or sell tobacco or snuff, for each and every day for which the same shall be granted - - - - -                    0     0   4

. . . . . . . . . . . .
[Sched. (C.) rep. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 99. Sched. (D.) rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]

[1 Short title, “The Revenue (No. 1) Act, 1864.” See 55 & 56 Vict. c. 10. So much of this Act as relates to Customs, rep. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36. s. 288.]

[2 S. 1 is rep., so far as it relates to schedules (A.), (C.), and (D.), 38 & 39 Vict. c 66. (S.L.R.)]


57 G.3. c.87.
§ 5.
Repealed.
Justices before whom Offenders against Acts for Prevention of Smuggling shall be brought, shall, on Conviction, order Punishment by Fire, Imprisonment or Impressment, in the manner herein mentioned.

Offenders escaping.
Proviso where Offenders cannot be immediately carried on board His Majesty’s Ships.

Treasury may mitigate Punishment.
Bail.
‘Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend Two Acts passed in the Forty fifth Year of His present Majesty, and in the last Session of Parliament, for the making more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Smuggling, it is enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Justice or Justices of the Peace, before whom any Person so arrested as therein mentioned, being a Subject of His Majesty, and not being fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Naval Service, shall be carried, on the Confession of any such Person of any such Offence as therein mentioned, with which he may be charged in any Information or Complaint, to be then and there laid or exhibited by any Officer of Customs or Excise against him, or on Proof thereof on the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to convict such Person in such Penalty respectively as therein mentioned; and every such Person so convicted as aforesaid shall, immediately on such Conviction, pay down into the Hands of such Officer the said Penalty in which he or she shall be so convicted; and if any such Person or Persons so convicted shall not forthwith pay down the said Penalty, the said Justice or Justices shall, and he and they is and are by the said Act respectively authorized and required, by Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, to commit the Person so convicted as aforesaid to any Gaol or Prison, or House of Correction, until such Penalty shall be paid; and that in all cases where any Person liable to be arrested under any of the Acts made for the Prevention of Smuggling, shall be fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Naval Service, and liable under the said Acts, or any of them, to be impressed into such Service, every such Person so arrested shall be taken before such Justice or Justices as aforesaid, and shall upon such Proof as by the said Act of the Forty fifth Year aforesaid therein mentioned, or any other Act, is required, be committed by such Justice or Justices to Prison, to answer such Information and abide such Judgment as may be thereon given against him in that Behalf; and that it shall and may be lawful for the Gaoler or Keeper of any Prison or House of Correction in which such Person shall be so imprisoned, or for any Officer of Customs or Excise, on the Order of the Commissioners of Customs or Excise respectively directing the Prosecution, to such Gaoler or Keeper and Officer respectively, to carry and convey, or cause to be carried or conveyed, any such Person on board of any of His Majesty’s Ships of War, in order to his being impressed into His Majesty’s Naval Service; and if such Person shall at any Time or Times after any such Commitment as aforesaid, and before the Expiration of Five Years from the Time of his Arrest, escape or desert from or leave such Custody or Service, he shall, over and beside all Punishment to which he shall be subject for such Desertion, be liable to be at any Time or Times afterwards again arrested and imprisoned, or delivered over as aforesaid: And Whereas it is expedient that so much of the said Act as is hereinbefore recited shall be repealed, and other Provisions made in lieu thereof:’ Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said Act of the Fifty seventh Year aforesaid, as is hereinbefore recited, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and that from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful in and throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to and for any Justice or Justices of the Peace before whom any Person liable to be arrested, and arrested under any of the Acts made for the Prevention of Smuggling, shall be carried, on the Confession of such Person of the Offence or Offences for which he shall be so detained, and with which he shall be charged in any Information or Complaint then and there exhibited or made by any Officer of Customs or Excise, or any other Officer or Person employed for the Prevention of Smuggling, against him, or on Proof thereof upon the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to convict in the Forms or to the Effect specified in the Schedule hereto annexed, such Person of such Offence or Offences; and every such Person so convicted as aforesaid, who shall not be a Seaman or Seafaring Man, or being such Seaman or Seafaring Man shall not be fit and able to serve His Majesty in his Naval Service, shall immediately, upon such Conviction, pay into the Hands of such Officer the Penalty of One hundred Pounds for every such Offence of which he shall be so convicted as aforesaid, or in Default thereof, the said Justice or Justices shall and he and they is and are hereby respectively authorized and required, by Warrant under his and their Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, to commit such Person so convicted as aforesaid, and making such Default as aforesaid, to any Gaol or Prison or House of Correction, there to remain until every such Penalty for every such Offence of which he shall be so convicted shall be paid, such One hundred Pounds to be levied and applied as the Penalty hereby repealed; and if the Person so convicted as aforesaid shall be a Seaman or Seafaring Man, and fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Naval Service, and liable, under the said Acts, or any of them, for the Offence or Offences of which he shall be so convicted as aforesaid, to be impressed into such Service, and shall not prove that he is not a Subject of His Majesty, it shall and may be lawful for any such Officer or Person as aforesaid, and he and they is and are hereby required, upon such Conviction of such Person as aforesaid, to carry or convey, or cause to be carried or conveyed, such Person on board of any of His Majesty’s Ships, in order to his serving His Majesty in His Naval Service; and if such Person shall at any Time or Times after such Conviction as aforesaid, and before the Expiration of Five Years from the Time of such Conviction, by any means escape or desert from such Custody or Service respectively, so as not to complete the Service of Five Years in His Majesty’s Navy, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, he shall, over and above all Punishment to which he shall be subject for Desertion, be liable to be at any Time or Times afterwards again arrested and delivered over as aforesaid: Provided always, that if it shall be made appear to any such Justice or Justices, that convenient Arrangements cannot be at once made for carrying or conveying such Seaman or Seafaring Man, so convicted as aforesaid, on board any of His Majesty’s Ships, in order to serve His Majesty, it shall and may be lawful for any such Justice or Justices, and he or they are hereby required to commit any such Seaman or Seafaring Man so convicted as aforesaid, to any Prison or Gaol, there to remain in safe Custody for any Period not exceeding One Month, in order that Time may be given to make Arrangements for so conveying such Seamen or Seafaring Men on board any of His Majesty’s Ships as aforesaid: Provided always, that the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall have full Power and Authority to remit or mitigate any such Penalty, Punishment or Service as aforesaid, whether the Parties shall be Seafaring Men or otherwise; provided that no Justice or Justices shall accept or receive any Bail for any Person liable to be arrested, and arrested as aforesaid; any thing in this or any other Act or Acts to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

24 G.3. Sess. 2. c.47. § 24.                                                                                II. ‘And Whereas by an Act passed in the Twenty fourth Year of His said late Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling in this Kingdom, a Penalty of Five hundred Pounds is imposed on the Master or other Person having Charge of any British Ship or Vessel, not being in the Service of His Majesty’s Navy or His Majesty’s Revenue of the Customs or Excise, who shall carry or hoist any Pendant or Ensign as therein mentioned: And Whereas His late Majesty by His Royal Proclamation, bearing Date the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and one, was pleased, with the Advice of His Privy Council, to order and appoint what Ensign or Colours should be borne at Sea by Merchant Ships or Vessels belonging to any of His Majesty’s Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dominions thereunto belonging, thereby charging and commanding all His Majesty’s Subjects whatsoever that they should not presume to wear in any of their Ships or Vessels His Majesty’s Jack, commonly called the Union Jack, nor any Pendants, nor any such Colours as are usually worn by His Majesty’s Ships, without particular Warrant for their so doing from His Majesty, or His High Admiral of Great Britain, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of High Admiral for the time being, and also commanding His Majesty’s Subjects that without such Warrant as aforesaid they should presume not to wear on board their Ships or Vessels any Flags, Jacks, Pendants or Colours, made in imitation of or resembling those of His Majesty, or any Kind of Pendant whatsoever, or any other Ensign than the Ensign described in the Margin of the said Proclamation: And Whereas it is expedient that all Doubts that may have been entertained as to the Law on this Subject should be removed, and that Provision should be made for carrying the said Proclamation into effect;’ Be it therefore enacted and declared, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any of His Majesty’s Subjects whomsoever to hoist, carry or wear in or on board any Ship, Vessel or Fishing Boat or any other Vessel or Boat whatever, whether Merchant or otherwise, belonging to any of His Majesty’s Subjects, His Majesty’s Jack, commonly called the Union Jack, or any Pendant, or any such Colours as are usually worn by His Majesty’s Ships, or any Flag, Jack, Pendant or Colours whatever, made in imitation of or resembling those of His Majesty, or any Kind of Pendant whatsoever, or any Ensign or Colours whatever, other than those prescribed by the said Proclamation; and that if any Person or Persons shall nevertheless presume to hoist, carry or wear in or on board any Ship or Vessel, Fishing Boat or other Vessel or Boat whatever, belonging to any of His Majesty’s Subjects, whether the same be Merchant or otherwise, His Majesty’s Jack, commonly called the Union Jack, or any Pendant or Colours such as are commonly worn by His Majesty’s Ships, or any Jack, Flag, Pendant or Colours whatever, made in imitation of or resembling those of His Majesty, or any Kind of Pendant whatever, without such Warrant as aforesaid, or any other Ensign or Colours than the Ensign or Colours prescribed by the said Proclamation to be worn, then and in every such case the Master or other Person having charge of such Ship, Vessel or Boat, or the Owner or Owners thereof, being on board the same, and every other Person so offending, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to be recovered with Costs of Suit, either in the High Court of Admiralty, or in any of His Majesty’s Courts of King’s Bench or Exchequer at Westminster or Dublin, or in the Courts of Session or Exchequer in Scotland respectively; and that it shall be lawful for any Officer of His Majesty’s Navy, Customs or Excise, to enter on board any Ship, Vessel or Boat so hoisting, wearing or carrying any Jack, Flag, Ensign, Pendant or Colours prohibited by the said Proclamation and by this Act to be hoisted, worn or carried, and to seize and take away the same; and the same shall thereupon become forfeited.

Proclamation, 1 Jan. 1801.
Hoisting on board any Ship, Boat, &c. Flags, &c. worn by His Majesty’s Ships, without Warrant from the Admiralty,
Penalty, 500l.
Officers of the Navy, &c. may enter such Ships, &c.
Seizures, together with Vessels, &c. delivered over to Commissioners of Customs for Condemnation, 45 G.3. c.121. 47 G.3. s.2. c.66.;  III. ‘And Whereas it is expedient that all Seizures of Spirits and other Goods made by Officers of the Customs, or by Persons acting under the Orders or Directions of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs, should be delivered into the Custody of the Persons authorized by the said Commissioners to receive the same, in order to their Prosecution and Condemnation by the said Commissioners, agreeably to the Provisions and Directions of Two Acts of Parliament passed in the Forty fifth and Forty seventh Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling;’ Be it therefore enacted, That every Seizure made by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty’s Customs, or Person or Persons acting under the Orders or Directions of the said Commissioners, shall together with the Ships and other Vessels, Carts and other Carriages, Horses and other Cattle seized therewith, or on account thereof,[html] to be delivered over to and lodged and secured under the Provisions of the said Acts made in the Forty fifth and Forty seventh Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, and be disposed of or prosecuted for Condemnation by Order and under the Directions of the said Commissioners of Customs; and that such Commissioners shall and are hereby authorized to direct and pay all Rewards for the making of every such Seizure, and of all Costs and Expences relating thereto, in the manner directed by the several Laws in force for the Prevention of Smuggling.

who may direct the Payment of Rewards for such Seizures.
SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
FORM of Conviction to be used in the Case of a Smuggler not a Seaman or Seafaring Man, or not fit to serve in the Navy.

County of [or as the case may be] to wit.                                                                                Be it remembered, That on the Day of in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and at in the County of A. B. [the Name of the Smuggler] hath
been duly convicted before me [Name of Justice] One [or, before us and Two] of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of [or, for the Riding, Division, City, Liberty, Town or Borough of [as the case may be] of [here state the Offence] by him the said A. B. committed, against the Provisions of the Acts of Parliament made and passed for the Prevention of Smuggling, which Offence hath been duly proved before me [or us] on the Oath of One or more credible Witnesses; and I [or we] do therefore adjudge that the said A.B. hath, for such Offence, forfeited the Sum of pursuant to the Act passed in the Third Year of King George the Fourth [here state the Title of the present Act.] Given under my Hand and Seal [or our Hands and Seals] at in the County of the Day of in the Year of the Reign of his Present Majesty King and in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
FORM of Conviction to be used in the Case of a Smuggler being a Seaman or Seafaring Man, and fit and able to serve in the Navy.

County of [or as the case may be] to wit.                                                                                Be it remembered, That on the Day of in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and A. B. [the Name of the Smuggler] hath been duly convicted before me One [or, before us
and Two] of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the County of [or, for the Riding, Division, City, Liberty, Town or Borough of as the case may be] of [here state the Offence] by him the said A. B. committed against the provisions of the Acts of Parliament made and passed for the Prevention of Smuggling; which Offence hath been duly proved before me [or us] on the Oath of One or more credible Witnesses; and the said A. B. being a Seafaring Man, and fit and able to serve His Majesty in His Navy, I [or, we] do hereby adjudge the said A. B. to serve in His Majesty’s Naval Service, pursuant to the Act passed in the Third Year of King George the Fourth, intituled [here state the Title of this Act]. Given under my Hand and Seal [or, our Hands and Seals] at in the County of the Day of in the Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King and in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
[html] Sic.


10 Geo. 4. c. 56.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 40.
WHEREAS certain friendly societies were established and enrolled under the Acts passed in the tenth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, chapter fifty-six, and the fourth and fifth years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, chapter forty, relating to friendly societies, or under one of them: And whereas the scope and operation of friendly societies since the passing of the said Acts have been limited by law in respect to the amount for which policies of assurance payable on the death of members of such societies may be granted; but some of the said societies, established as aforesaid, and which grant or effect policies of assurance payable on death, have not been so limited, and such last-mentioned societies have therefore been excluded the benefit of certain provisions and privileges made for and granted to friendly societies in respect to exemption from stamp duties and otherwise; and it is desirable that there should be special provisions made with respect to such of the said societies so excepted and excluded as aforesaid:
This Act to apply only to certain societies; which shall cease to be friendly societies.                                                                                1. This Act shall relate to and include such of the said societies only as grant and effect policies of assurance payable at death exceeding the sum of one thousand pounds; and from and after the passing of this Act the said societies shall cease to be friendly societies, and shall not be affected by the provisions of any Act passed in the present or any future session of Parliament relating to friendly societies, unless therein expressly named.

Application to such societies of Acts now in force relating to friendly societies.                                                                                2. The several provisions contained in the Acts relating to friendly societies which were wholly or in part in force on the first day of this present session of Parliament[2] with respect to the societies intended to be affected and provided for by this Act, save and except the thirty-seventh and fifty-first sections of the Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of her Majesty, chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall, so far as they now affect such societies, remain and be in force and unrepealed with respect to the said societies, except as is herein-after provided.

13 & 14 Vict. c. 115. ss. 37, 51.
No exemption from stamp duties to extend to societies affected by this Act.                                                                                3. No exemption from any of the duties granted by any Act or Acts relating to stamp duties shall from and after the passing of this Act extend or be construed to extend to any of the societies intended to be affected and provided for by this Act; and it shall not be lawful for such societies after the passing of this Act to assure the payment of any money on the death of any member or person whomsoever to any nominee of such member or person, but only to the person or persons effecting and contracting for any assurance with the said societies respectively, or to his, her, or their executors, administrators, or assigns.

Such societies not to assure in favour of nominees of the assured.

Societies affected by this Act may transact the business allowed by their rules, and grant assurances on lives, &c., and make new rules, &c. without submitting the same to the Registrar of Friendly Societies.  4. The societies intended to be affected and provided for by this Act may carry on, transact, and effect all the business and purposes which have been from time to time and are duly specified in and allowed by the enrolled or certified rules of the said societies respectively, and also may grant, make, or effect all such assurances on lives, survivorships, contingencies, and events dependent on or connected with life or otherwise as may by law be made or effected, and may make such new rules or alterations in rules as shall not be repugnant to law, without being required to submit the same to the Registrar of Friendly Societies, and shall not be required to transmit to such registrar any statement or return of sickness or mortality, or of assets or liabilities.

Investment of the funds of societies affected by this Act.                                                                                5. The trustees of the several societies intended to be affected and provided for by this Act may from time to time lay out and invest the funds of such societies, as well in the manner, and upon the stocks, funds, and securities, which are now authorized by law with regard to such societies, as also in or upon Exchequer bonds and bills, and any stocks, funds, or securities guaranteed by the Government of Great Britain, and bonds of the City of London, or on mortgage, or in the purchase of any reversionary, contingent, or other estate or interest in any freehold, leasehold, or copyhold property in Great Britain or Ireland, or of any such estate or interest in any of the stocks, funds, or securities herein-before mentioned and referred to respectively, or of any such estate or interest in any sum or sums of money secured upon any such real and personal estate as aforesaid, or upon the security of any rates, tolls, duties, assessments, bonds, stocks, debentures, or other securities of any persons, body or company authorized by Act of Parliament, charter, or otherwise to be raised, levied, or mortgaged, and also upon security of any life policy or policies, although the amount of the loan may exceed the then present value thereof, provided the premiums on such policy or policies and the interest of the loan be collaterally secured by or upon some of the securities herein-before mentioned, and shall and may from time to time vary and transpose the said securities so purchased, and sell the same respectively.

Statutory provisions for enforcing attendance of witnesses before arbitrators, &c. shall apply to arbitrations under the rules of such societies.                                                                 6. All powers and provisions of any Act or Acts of Parliament for ordering and enforcing the attendance of witnesses before an arbitrator under any reference made a rule of court, and for punishing disobedience to any such order, shall apply to any arbitration of any difference or dispute under or pursuant to the rules of any of the societies intended to be affected and provided for by this Act, for which purpose a copy of the resolution of the board of directors, or committee, or board of management of any such society, authorizing such reference, signed by the chairman or any director or the secretary of such society, may be made a rule of any of her Majesty's courts at Westminster.

Trustees may purchase, &c. buildings for offices, &c.;                                                                                7. The trustees for the time being of any society intended to be affected and provided for by this Act may from time to time, with the consent of the board of directors or board or committee of management thereof, purchase, hire, or take upon lease, and adapt and furnish, any buildings for the purpose of holding the meetings and transacting the business of such society, and shall hold the same in trust for the use of such society, and may, with such consent as aforesaid, mortgage, sell, exchange, or let the same, or any part thereof; and the receipt in writing of such trustees shall be a valid and legal discharge for the money arising from any such mortgage, sale, exchange, or lease, and for any other moneys payable to them by virtue of this Act; and no purchaser, mortgagee, lessee, assignee, or other person shall be bound to ascertain or show whether any such consent shall have been given as aforesaid, or be answerable for the misapplication or nonapplication of the moneys in any such receipt expressed to be received, or be bound to see to the application thereof: Provided always, that any building which now belongs to any such society may be held and dealt with in the same manner as if it had been acquired under or by virtue of this Act.

and mortgage or sell, &c. the same.
Trustees not to invest funds in savings banks, or with the National Debt Commissioners.                                                                                8. It shall not be lawful for the trustees of any friendly society coming under the provisions of this Act to make any investment of the funds of such society either in a savings bank, or with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt: . . .

Short title.                                                                                9. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, and in legal proceedings and instruments, it shall be sufficient to the use the expression “The Friendly Societies Discharge Act 1854.”

Extent of Act.                                                                                10. This Act shall extend to Great Britain and Ireland, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.

[1 Short title, “The Friendly Societies Discharge Act, 1854.” See s. 9.]

[2 The 31st January 1854.]


[11th March, 2024]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definitions
1. In this Act—
“adult” means a person who has attained the age of 18 years;
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;
“criminal activity” means activity—
(a) that constitutes an offence, or
(b) that, had it been engaged in by a person of full age and capacity, would constitute an offence;
“directs”, in relation to criminal activity, means—
(a) controls or supervises the activity, or
(b) gives an order, instruction or guidance to, or makes a request of, a person with respect to the carrying out of the activity, with the intention that the person shall carry out that activity.

Offences and related provisions
2. (1) An adult who, knowing that a person is a child or being reckless as to whether a person who is a child is a child—
(a) compels, coerces or directs the child, or
(b) deceives the child,
for the purpose of causing that child to engage in criminal activity, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) An adult who, knowing that a person is a child or being reckless as to whether a person who is a child is a child—
(a) induces or invites, or
(b) aids, abets, counsels or procures,
the child for the purpose of causing that child to engage in criminal activity, shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) An adult may be convicted of an offence under this section irrespective of whether the child concerned—
(a) engaged in the criminal activity concerned,
(b) intended to engage in the criminal activity concerned, or
(c) has been prosecuted for, or found guilty of, any offence constituted by the criminal activity concerned.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.

Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act 1997
3. The Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following after paragraph 44:
“Offences under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024
45. An offence under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024.”.

Application of Act
4. The provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to any other enactment or rule of law.

Short title and commencement
5. (1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Justice may by order appoint.


[18th July, 2022]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Short title, collective citation and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022.
(2) The Health Acts 1947 to 2020 and this Act (other than section 7 ) may be cited together as the Health Acts 1947 to 2022.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

Definition
2. In this Act, “Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970 .
PART 2
Exemptions From Charges For Acute In-Patient Services
Amendment of section 47A of Act of 1970
3. Section 47A of the Act of 1970 is amended by the insertion of “53C(9)(bb)” after “45A, 46,”.

Amendment of section 53C of Act of 1970
4. Section 53C of the Act of 1970 is amended, in subsection (9) —
(a) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):
“(aa) a person in respect of whom a charge is made under section 55 in respect of in-patient services that constitute acute in-patient services,”,
(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (ba):
“(bb) a person who is ordinarily resident in the State and has not attained the age of 16 years,”,
(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (bb), a child” for “a child”, and
(d) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (bb), a child” for “a child”.

PART 3
Provision of contraception services for certain women
Amendment of section 47A of Act of 1970
5. Section 47A of the Act of 1970 is amended by the substitution of “58B, 58D, 62A or 67E” for “58B, 58D or 62A”.

Contraception services for certain women
6. The Act of 1970 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 67D:
“67E. (1) The Health Service Executive shall make available without charge contraception services for women who are ordinarily resident in the State—
(a) who have attained the age of 17 years but not yet attained the age of 26 years, or
(b) who are within such class or classes of ages as may be prescribed by the Minister under subsection (5), and
such women shall, in this section, be referred to as ‘relevant women’.

(2) Insofar as the contraception services relate to the provision of applicable services to a relevant woman, the relevant woman may choose to receive such services from any person who has entered into an agreement with the Health Service Executive for the provision of those services and who is willing to accept that woman as a patient.
(3) Insofar as the contraception services relate to the provision of relevant products to a relevant woman, the relevant woman shall be entitled to receive a relevant product from a pharmacy provider.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the following shall apply in respect of a woman who is ordinarily resident in the State (whether or not she falls within the definition of a relevant woman) and who has had a long-acting reversible contraceptive device fitted before she attained the age of 26 years (or such other age as may be prescribed by the Minister under subsection (5)), namely:
(a) the woman concerned may, notwithstanding that she has attained the age of 26 years (or such other age as may be prescribed by the Minister under subsection (5)), choose to seek the removal of such device by any person who has entered into an agreement with the Health Service Executive for the provision of contraception services and who is willing to accept her as a patient;
(b) the Health Service Executive shall, in respect of that woman, make available such removal without charge.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, may, for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and subsection (4), by regulation prescribe such further age or class or classes of ages in respect of women to whom the contraception services referred to in subsections (1) and (4) shall be made available under this section.
(6) In making regulations under subsection (5), the Minister shall not prescribe an age under the age of 17 years.
(7) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, by regulation prescribe the amount or the rate of payment to be made to—
(a) scheme providers in respect the provision of applicable services by them under agreements referred to in subsection (2), or
(b) pharmacy providers in respect of the dispensing of relevant products by them under this section.
(8) Regulations made under subsection (7) may prescribe different amounts or rates—
(a) in respect of different contraception services or different classes of contraception services, or in respect of the provision of contraception services or different classes of contraception services to different classes of relevant women, or
(b) in respect of different scheme providers or pharmacy providers or different classes of scheme providers or pharmacy providers.
(9) Regulations under this section may contain such incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary for the purposes of the regulations.
(10) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it has been made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
(11) In this section—
‘Act of 2013’ means the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 ;
‘applicable services’ means—
(a) such number of consultations with a scheme provider required by a relevant woman in a year for the purposes of obtaining a prescription for accessing relevant products, and
(b) the fitting (including such further follow-up consultation as is necessary) and removal by a scheme provider of a long-acting reversible contraceptive device;
‘contraception services’, means, in relation to a relevant woman—
(a) applicable services, or
(b) relevant products,
or both, made available without charge under this section;
‘pharmacy provider’ means a retail pharmacy business (within the meaning of section 2 (1) of the Pharmacy Act 2007 ) who has entered into an agreement with the Health Service Executive for the dispensing of relevant products;
‘registered medical practitioner’ has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 ;
‘relevant products’, subject to sections 20 and 23 of the Act of 2013, means contraceptive drugs, medicines and products (including long‑acting reversible contraceptive devices and emergency contraceptives) for the time being—
(a) standing approved by the Heath Service Executive, or
(b) on the Reimbursement List within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Act of 2013;
‘scheme provider’ means a registered medical practitioner who has entered into an agreement with the Health Service Executive for the provision of applicable services.”.

Amendment of Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013
7. The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 is amended—
(a) in section 20—
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 59, 62A or 67E” for “section 59 or 62A”,
(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “section 59, 62A or 67E” for “section 59 or 62A”, and
(iii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “section 59, 62A or 67E” for “section 59 or 62A”,
and
(b) in section 23, by the substitution of “section 59, 62A or 67E” for “section 59 or 62A”.


[18 th March, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definitions
1. In this Act—
“Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970 ;
“Minister” means the Minister for Justice and Equality;
“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as it has in the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 ;
“registered nurse” has the same meaning as it has in the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 ;
“relevant institution” means an institution specified in the Schedule;
“Scheme” means the scheme, made by the Government in December 2013 and for the time being administered by the Minister, providing for the making of ex-gratia payments to women who were admitted to and worked in a relevant institution.

Provision of health services without charge to relevant participants
2. (1) The Health Service Executive shall make available without charge to relevant participants—
(a) a general practitioner medical and surgical service,
(b) drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances for the time being on the Reimbursement List within the meaning of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 ,
(c) the nursing service specified in section 60 of the Act of 1970,
(d) the home help service specified in section 61 of the Act of 1970, following an assessment of needs made by a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse that the service is so required,
(e) the dental, ophthalmic and aural services specified in section 67 of the Act of 1970,
(f) a counselling service, following a referral made in that regard by a registered medical practitioner, relative to a relevant participant’s admission to and work in any of the institutions specified in the Schedule,
(g) a chiropody service, following a referral made in that regard by a registered medical practitioner or registered nurse, and
(h) a physiotherapy service, following a referral made in that regard by a registered medical practitioner.
(2) In this section “relevant participant” means, in relation to the Scheme, a woman—
(a) in respect of whom a determination has been made by the Minister that she is eligible under the Scheme, and
(b) who has accepted, in accordance with the Scheme, a formal offer made to her under that Scheme.

Amendment of section 53C of Act of 1970
3. Subsection (9) of section 53C (inserted by section 12 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2013 ) of the Act of 1970 is amended—
(a) in paragraph (g), by the substitution of “blood transfusion,” for “blood transfusion.”, and
(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (g):
“(h) a relevant participant (within the meaning of section 2 of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015).”.

Amendment of Part 3 of Schedule 1 to Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009
4. Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 is amended—
(a) in paragraph 1, by the insertion of the following definition:
“ ‘relevant payment’ means, in relation to a person, a payment or payments made to the person under the Scheme, made by the Government in December 2013 and for the time being administered by the Minister for Justice and Equality, providing for the making of ex-gratia payments to women who were admitted to and worked in a relevant institution within the meaning of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015, and includes any benefit provided under that Scheme;”

and
(b) the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph 11:
“12. For the purposes of carrying out a financial assessment under Part 1 or 1A of a person who is not a member of a couple, any relevant payment made to the person shall be disregarded.

13. For the purposes of carrying out a financial assessment under Part 2 or 2A of a person who is a member of a couple, any relevant payment made to such person or the other member of the couple, shall be disregarded.”.

Expenses
5. The expenses incurred by the Minister or the Minister for Health in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

Short title and commencement
6. (1) This Act may be cited as the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions.

SCHEDULE
Relevant Institutions
Section 1
1. The Magdalen Laundries operated by the Good Shepherd Sisters at—
(a) St. Mary’s Cork Road, Waterford,
(b) St. Mary’s New Ross, Wexford,
(c) St. Mary’s Pennywell Road, Limerick,
(d) St. Mary’s Sunday’s Well, Cork.
2. The Magdalen Laundries operated by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity at—
(a) St. Mary’s Refuge, High Park, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9,
(b) Monastery of Our Lady of Charity, Sean McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street), Dublin 1.
3. The Magdalen Laundries operated by the Sisters of Mercy at—
(a) Magdalen Home (formerly Magdalen Asylum), 47 Forster Street, Galway,
(b) St. Patrick’s Refuge, Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
4. The Magdalen Laundries operated by the Sisters of Charity at—
(a) St. Mary Magdalen’s, Floraville Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4,
(b) St. Vincent’s, St. Mary’s Road, Peacock Lane, Cork.
5. The laundry operated by the Sisters of Charity in the Training School of St. Mary’s Training Centre, Stanhope Street, Dublin 7.
6. The laundry operated by the Sisters of Mercy in the Training School of the House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford.