[Preamble recites 33 & 34 Vict. c. 112.]
Short title and construction. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 112.          1. This Act may be cited as “The Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1871,” and this Act and the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Act, 1870, shall be read together and construed as one Act; and the said Acts may be cited as “The Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts, 1870 and 1871.”

Interpretation. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 112.                        2. The term “principal Act” in this Act shall mean the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Act, 1870 :
The term “the board” in this Act or in any proceedings or document under the same shall mean “the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland :”

The term “work” in the principal Act used shall also include offices and inclosures.

Incorporation of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.   3. The board for the purposes of the principal Act and of this Act shall be incorporated under the style of “the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,” and by that name shall have succession, and shall have a common seal, to be by them made and from time to time altered, as they shall think fit; and all courts, judges, justices, and persons judicially acting, and other officers shall take judicial notice of such seal, and every order or other act of the board in reference to the principal Act or this Act, or copies of the same purporting to be sealed with such seal shall be received in evidence without further proof.

Additional purposes for which loans may be granted.          4. In addition to the purposes for which loans may be made, is stated in section three of the principal Act, the board may also make loans in the manner and subject to the conditions therein mentioned for either of the purposes following; viz. :—
1. The purchase of any dwelling-house, with or without offices, deemed desirable for the dwelling-house of any ecclesiastical person, such loan not to exceed two-thirds of the purchase money :
2. The discharge of any debt due and incurred before the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy in the erection, enlargement, or structural improvement of any such dwelling-house or offices thereto annexed, such loan not to exceed two-thirds of the amount expended on such building.

Security for the repayment of loan.                          5. Every such loan made under this Act shall be repaid by the payment of an annual rentcharge as in the principal Act mentioned, and all lands, buildings, and premises in respect of which any such loan shall be made shall be deemed to be and shall be well charged with the payment of such rentcharge, and that in priority to all charges and incumbrances whatsoever affecting such estate or interest, save and except quitrents and rentcharges in lieu of tithes, and except all charges prior in date (if any) existing under any of the Acts mentioned in the schedule to the principal Act: Provided always, that in case such lands, buildings, or premises shall be held under any grant or demise, nothing therein contained shall prejudice or affect the right of the grantor or lessor in any such grant or demise, or of any superior grantor or lessor; and every such rentcharge shall be recovered in like manner as any rentcharge under the principal Act.

Insurance of premises subject to loan.                       6. When any loan shall be made under the principal Act or this Act, the board, if they think fit, may insure against damage by fire all buildings and erections then or thereafter standing or being on the lands, hereditaments, and premises charged with such loan, such insurance to be effected in such insurance office or company, and in such sum of money, not exceeding the amount of such loan, as the board shall from time to time direct; and the board shall keep on foot such insurance as aforesaid, and all premiums paid thereon by the board shall be deemed to be included in all charges and securities whereby repayment of such loan shall be secured, and shall be forthwith recoverable in like manner as any instalment of the rentcharge payable in respect of such loan.

Commissioners to make an order under their seal.             7. In all cases of loans under the principal Act or this Act, the board shall make an order under their seal, declaring that such loan has been made, and setting forth the amount of such loan the names of the persons to whom or on whose application the same has been made, and a description of the lands, hereditaments, or premises charged therewith, and such order may be in the form set forth in the schedule to this Act, or to a similar effect.

Commissioners to register order for loan.                    8. In all cases where the board shall have made any such order they shall execute under their common seal a duplicate thereof, and forthwith cause the said duplicate order to be lodged with the registrar of deeds in the office for registry of deeds in the city of Dublin, and the registrar of the said registry office, his and their assistants, deputies, and other officers, shall register the same in the same manner as any deeds or instruments are registered in said office, and shall enter a memorial thereof in the abstract books and indexes of or relating to memorials registered and kept in the said office, and shall return such registry in any search made in such registry office: Provided always, that no fees shall be payable in respect of such registration.

Premises chargeable with rentcharge.                         9. From the date of such order, the lands, hereditaments, and premises therein mentioned shall become charged with the rentcharge to be payable in respect of any loan under the principal Act or this Act, and every such order shall be conclusive evidence of all facts stated therein in pursuance of the provisions of this Act.

Rentcharge to be paid to the board.                          10. The rentcharge reserved to Her Majesty under the principal Act or this Act shall be paid to the board, and the receipt of the accountant of the board for the time being shall be a sufficient discharge for the same.

Ecclesiastical person in occupation, &c. to pay rentcharge.  11. The ecclesiastical person for the time being occupying or entitled to occupy the lands, buildings, or premises in respect of which any loan shall have been made under the principal Act or this Act shall be deemed personally liable to pay and discharge the annual rentcharge and arrears thereof, premiums of insurance, and other moneys on account of such loan accruing due during the term or interest of such person.

All the powers and provisions contained in the Acts mentioned in the schedule to the principal Act, and relating to the recovery of rentcharges under the provisions of the said Acts, shall apply to the recovery of rentcharges under the provisions of the principal Act and of this Act.

Certificate of amount due to be evidence.                    12. In any proceedings which shall be taken for recovery of any rentcharge aforesaid or premium of insurance, a certificate under the seal of the board certifying that a loan has been made under the principal Act or this Act, and the amount thereof, and the annual amount of rentcharge payable in respect thereof, and the lands, hereditaments, and premises charged therewith, and the annual amount of fire insurance premiums or other moneys payable in respect of the premises the subject of such loan, and the amount due in respect of such rentcharge, premiums, and moneys respectively, shall be conclusive evidence in all judicial proceedings of the matters therein certified.

Power to redeem rentcharge.                                  13. Any ecclesiastical person entitled to occupy any lands, buildings, or premises in respect of which any loan may have been made subject to any such rentcharge as aforesaid shall be at liberty, at any time before the expiration of the period for which such rentcharge shall be payable, to redeem the same, on payment to the board of the arrears, if any, thereof, and of such sum as shall be equal to the value of such rentcharge, to be ascertained by the said board, and upon the expiration or redemption of such rentcharge, and on payment of all premiums or other moneys payable in connexion therewith, and of all costs, charges, and expenses (if any) incurred in any proceedings to recover the same, the board shall execute under their seal and deliver to such ecclesiastical person a certificate stating that all moneys chargeable upon such lands, buildings, and premises have been paid, and the board shall also execute a duplicate certificate to the like effect, and the board shall cause such duplicate certificate to be registered in the like manner as the order herein-before mentioned in the office for the registry of deeds in the city of Dublin, and for which registration no fee shall be payable, and upon the execution and delivery of such certificate the lands, buildings, and premises so mentioned therein shall be released from all liability in respect of such loan.

[S. 14 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
SCHEDULE. Sect. 7.
“The Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts, 1870 and 1871.”
Charging Order.
Whereas under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland have made a loan of the sum of £ upon the application of in the county of for the purpose of
Now we the said Commissioners do hereby order and declare that the lands, hereditaments, and premises to be charged with the said loan are as follow; that is to say, situate in the parish of barony of in the county or county of the city of .

In witness whereof we the said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland have hereunto and to a duplicate hereof affixed our common seal, this day of in the year of our Lord 18 .

[1 Loans under this Act may not be made after 31 August 1886. See 46 & 47 Vict. c. 8. s. 2.]


Most Gracious Sovereign,
WE, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your Majesty’s public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several duties hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and 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:
Duty on tea. 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 8.                                   1. The duty of Customs payable on tea until the first day of July nineteen hundred and thirteen, under the Finance Act, 1912 , shall continue to be charged, levied, and paid until the first day of July nineteen hundred and fourteen, on the importation thereof into Great Britain or Ireland (that is to say):-
Tea, the pound - - - - fivepence.
Income tax for 1913-14.                                            2.—(1) Income tax for the year beginning on the sixth day of April nineteen hundred and thirteen shall be charged at the rate of one shilling and twopence, and the same super-tax shall be charged, levied, and paid for that year as was charged for the year beginning on the sixth day of April nineteen hundred and twelve.

(2) All such enactments relating to income tax (including super-tax) as were in force with respect to duties of income tax granted for the year beginning on the sixth day of April nineteen hundred and twelve shall have full force and effect with respect to any duties of income tax hereby granted.

16 & 17 Vict. c. 34.
(3) The annual value of any property which has been adopted for the purpose either of income tax under Schedules A. and B. in the Income Tax Act, 1853, or of inhabited house duty, during the year ending on the fifth day of April nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall be taken as the annual value of such property for the same purpose during the next subsequent year; provided that this subsection—
(a) so far as respects the duty on inhabited houses in Scotland, shall be construed with the substitution of the twenty-fourth day of May for the fifth day of April; and
(b) shall not apply to the metropolis as defined by the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1809.

Deductions in respect of expenses involved in earning salary, &c.  3. Where the Treasury are satisfied with respect to any class of persons in receipt of any salary, fees, or emoluments payable out of the public revenue that such persons are obliged to lay out and expend money wholly, exclusively, and necessarily in the performance of the duties in respect of which such salary, fees, or emoluments are payable, the Treasury may fix such sum as in their opinion represents a fair equivalent of the average annual amount laid out and expended as aforesaid by persons of that class, and in assessing the income tax on the salary, fees, or emoluments of persons of that class, there shall be deducted from the amount thereof the sums so fixed by the Treasury. Provided that if any person would, but for the provisions of this section, be entitled to deduct a larger amount than the sum so fixed, that sum may be deducted instead of the sum so fixed.

Short title.                                                       4. This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1913.


[29th October, 2022]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definitions
1. In this Act—
“applicant” means an applicant under section 4 for an approval under section 7 ;
“Board” means An Bord Pleanála;
“designated development” means development designated by section 2 (1);
“Environmental Impact Assessment Directive” means Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 20114 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20145 ;
“generating station” means a station for the generation of electricity;
“Habitats Directive” means Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 19926 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, amended by Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 19977 , Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 20038 , Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 20069 and Council Directive 2013/17/EU of 13 May 201310 ;
“Minister” means Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;
“Regulations of 2011” means the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 477 of 2011 ).

Designation of development
2. (1) Development comprising of the installation of up to 450 megawatts of temporary emergency electricity generation plant, site development and works ancillary to that installation, and the operation of the plant, intended to be located at two separate sites at Shannonbridge and Tarbert generating stations or at alternative appropriate sites, which development is required urgently for the purpose of ensuring and protecting security of electricity supply by Winter of 2023 to 2024, is hereby designated for the purposes of this Act, in particular section 5 .
(2) The designated development may include part of the development referred to in subsection (1), or the carrying out of that development on a phased basis.
(3) The designated development is a project not likely to have significant effects on the environment in a Member State other than the State or a state that is party to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, done at Espoo (Finland), on 25 February 1991.

Disapplication of Planning and Development Act 2000 to designated development
3. None of the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 shall apply to the designated development.

Application to Minister
4. EirGrid, or any other person, may apply to the Minister, in accordance with the requirements of this Act and such procedures as may be prescribed, for approval under section 7 to carry out the designated development.

Arrangements for Environmental Impact Assessment
5. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 3 , the designated development shall be exempt from the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive on the basis that the designated development is an exceptional case for the purposes of Article 2(4) of that Directive and the application of those provisions would adversely affect the purpose, referred to in section 2 (1), of the designated development.
(2) On receiving an application under section 4 , the Minister shall arrange for an assessment of the designated development, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, to be carried out by the Board for the purposes of this section and for the purpose of ensuring that the objectives of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive are met.
(3) An assessment of the designated development by the Board under subsection (2) shall be co-ordinated with any appropriate assessment of the designated development that is carried out under Part 5 of the Regulations of 2011, as applied by section 6 .

Arrangements for Appropriate Assessment
6. (1) On receiving an application under section 4 , the Minister shall arrange for an assessment of the designated development to be carried out by the Board in accordance with Part 5 of the Regulations of 2011, subject to any modifications as to process as may be prescribed for the purposes of this Act, and Part 5 of those Regulations shall apply in respect of the designated development subject to such modifications.
(2) The Board shall, as part of the assessments referred to in section 5 (2) and subsection (1), assess the impacts (if any) of the designated development on the species listed in Annex IV of the Habitats Directive and their breeding sites and resting places and consider whether there is a need for a derogation for the purpose of Article 16 of that Directive in respect of the designated development and whether such a derogation ought to be granted, and may make a recommendation to the Minister in relation to such need and grant.

Decision of Minister
7. (1) The Minister may, having considered an application made to him or her under section 4 for an approval under this section, having taken into account the assessments carried out by the Board under sections 5 (2) and 6 (1) and any conditions recommended by the Board arising from those assessments, including but not limited to conditions relating to mitigation measures, and having regard to the purpose referred to in section 2 (1)—
(a) approve the designated development,
(b) refuse to approve the designated development, or
(c) approve the designated development subject to such conditions as he or she considers appropriate, including but not limited to conditions relating to mitigation measures.
(2) An approval under subsection (1)(a) or (c) may, further to a recommendation made by the Board under section 6 (2), include a derogation for the purpose of Article 16 of the Habitats Directive in respect of the designated development and the Minister shall inform the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of any such derogation, if granted, and such derogation shall be included in a report provided to the European Commission under Regulation 54(6) of the Regulations of 2011.
(3) Before making a decision under subsection (1)(a) or (c), the Minister shall give notice to the European Commission stating that the designated development is exempt from the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive in accordance with subsection (1) of section 5 , of the reasons for the exemption as specified in that subsection, and of the carrying out of an assessment under section 5 (2), together with a copy of any information made available to the members of the public in relation to that assessment.
(4) Notice of a decision of the Minister under subsection (1)(a) or (c) and of the reasons for the decision, and stating that the designated development is exempt from the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive in accordance with subsection (1) of section 5 and the reasons for the exemption as specified in that subsection, shall, as soon as may be, be published in Iris Oifigiúil, on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister and in at least one daily newspaper published in the State.

Requirement to comply with approval
8. The designated development shall be carried out in accordance with an approval under paragraph (a) or (c) of section 7 (1).

Regulations for purpose of Act
9. (1) The Minister may prescribe such matters of procedure and administration as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient in respect of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may provide for all or any of the following:
(a) the form and manner in which an application under section 4 for an approval under section 7 shall be made, including by electronic means;
(b) the information, including additional information, to be provided by an applicant to the Minister in relation to the application and the form and manner in which it is to be provided;
(c) the information, including reports and technical assessments, relating to the assessments referred to in sections 5 (2) and 6 (1) to be provided to the Minister or the Board by an applicant;
(d) the manner in which the information referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be provided by the Minister to the Board;
(e) procedures for public participation and the provision of information obtained under the assessments referred to in sections 5 (2) and 6 (1) to the public;
(f) procedures for co-ordination of assessments in accordance with section 5 (3);
(g) the period within which the Board is to carry out the assessments referred to in sections 5 (2) and 6 (1);
(h) procedures in relation to the making of a recommendation by the Board under section 6 (2) and the granting of a derogation by the Minister under section 7 (2);
(i) procedures for managing an application for a variation of the designated development referred to in an application under section 4 before an approval is granted by the Minister under section 7 or a variation of the approval after it has been granted.
(3) 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.
(4) Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Section 15 of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015
10. Taking into account the exceptional circumstances and the urgent and compelling necessity for securing the supply of electricity in the State, the Minister and the Board, in performing their functions under this Act, shall do so in a manner consistent with the plans, strategy, framework and objectives referred to in section 15 (1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to the extent that they consider practicable, taking particular account of the said exceptional circumstances and urgent and compelling necessity.

Expenses
11. The expenses incurred by the Minister 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
12. (1) This Act may be cited as the Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Act 2022.
(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 or provisions.


Advance by Treasury.                                                                    1.—(1) Where it is certified to the Treasury by the Lord Lieutenant that the making of a railway under this Act is necessary for the development of the resources of any district, but that owing to the exceptional circumstances of the district the railway could not be constructed without special assistance from the State, and the Treasury are satisfied that a railway company existing at the time will, if an advance is made by the Treasury under this section, construct, work, and maintain the railway, or work and maintain the railway when constructed, the Treasury may make such agreement with the railway company as is authorised by sub-section one of section four of the Light Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889, and may, subject to the limitation of this Act as to the amount to be expended for the purposes of advances, agree that the railway be aided out of public money by an advance under this section.

52 & 53 Vict. c. 66.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 48.
Provided that—
(a) the Treasury shall not make any such advance unless they are satisfied that landowners, local authorities, and other persons locally interested have, by the free grant of land or otherwise, given all reasonable assistance and facilities in their power for the construction of the railway; and
(b) save in the case of a railway which will be situated wholly or mainly within a congested districts county, as defined by the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, an advance shall not exceed one half of the total amount required for the construction of the railway.
(2) An advance under this section may be a free grant or a loan, or partly a free grant and partly a loan.
(3) Any loan for an advance under this section shall be made on such conditions and at such rate of interest as the Treasury direct.
(4) The Board of Works may examine any surveys, maps, plans, and estimates for the construction of the railway submitted to them, and if they consider that those submitted cannot be made satisfactory, or if any alterations which they may suggest therein are not accepted, the Board of Works, if authorised by the Treasury, may themselves make or procure the same.
(5) In the case of a railway which will be situated wholly or mainly within such congested districts county as aforesaid, if the railway company do not agree to construct the railway, the Board of Works may, with the sanction of the Treasury, construct or contract for the construction of the railway.
(6) For the purposes of this section the Board of Works shall have all the powers conferred by the Lands Clauses Acts on the promoters of an undertaking.
(7) All costs and expenses necessarily incurred by any Government department or officer under this Act shall be paid out of the money provided by this Act.

Order in Council confirming agreement.                                                  2. Where such agreement as aforesaid has been made by the Treasury with a railway company section five of the Light Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889, shall apply with the following modifications:—
52 & 53 Vict. c. 66.
(a) The Order in Council mentioned in the said section five may authorise the construction or reconstruction and maintenance as part of the railway of any pier, quay, or jetty, and may empower the railway company or the Board of Works to enter into all contracts and agreements necessary for carrying the Order into effect:
(b) The Order shall set forth the tolls and charges for passengers, animals and things conveyed on the railway:
(c) When the Treasury have agreed to make an advance as a free grant, the Order may make provision as regards any district that during a period not exceeding ten years, to be fixed by the Order, so much of the railway as is in that district shall not be assessed to any local rate at a higher value than that at which the land occupied by the railway would have been assessed if it had remained in the condition in which it was immediately before it was acquired for the purposes of the railway. The Order may authorise the Lord Lieutenant to extend any such period:
(d) The Order may upon the application of the Treasury be altered or added to by an amending Order made in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the original Order.

Certain provisions of Tramways (Ireland) Acts not to apply to projected railway.        3.—(1) Where an agreement under this Act has been entered into, the following provisions of the principal Acts shall not apply to the projected railway; (that is to say,)—
The provisions relating to the procedure for obtaining the approval of the undertaking by any grand jury, municipal corporation, town, or other commissioners, and for obtaining a guarantee, and relating to all proceedings preliminary thereto:
The provisions relating to tolls and rates of charge:
The provisions relating to deposits or other security for the completion of the undertaking:
The provisions conferring powers and imposing duties on the county surveyor.

(2) For the purposes of this Act there shall be substituted for the provisions aforesaid such regulations as may be made by the Lord Lieutenant in Council under this Act.

Limitation on amount of advance and provision of money by National Debt Commissioners.  4.—(1) The total amount advanced by the Treasury under this Act shall not at any one time exceed [six1 ] hundred thousand pounds.

(2) The National Debt Commissioners may, out of any money for the time being in their hands on account of savings banks, lend to the Treasury, and the Treasury may borrow from the National Debt Commissioners, such money as may be required for the purpose of advances by the Treasury under this Act, on such terms as to interest, sinking fund, and period of repayment (not exceeding thirty years from the date of the loan) as may be agreed on between the National Debt Commissioners and the Treasury.
(3) The sums so lent by the National Debt Commissioners shall be repaid out of money provided by Parliament for the purpose, and if and so far as that money is insufficient shall be charged on, and payable out of, the Consolidated Fund, or the growing produce thereof.

Power of owner to grant land or advance money for a light railway.                      5.—(1) Where any person has power, either by statute or otherwise, to sell and convey any land for the purpose of any works of a railway under this Act, he may, with the sanction of the Board of Works given under this section, convey the land for that purpose either without payment of any purchase money or compensation, or at a price less than the real value, and may so convey it free from all incumbrances thereon.

27 & 28 Vict. c. 114.
(2) Whenever any person who is a landowner within the meaning of the Improvement of Land Act, 1864, contributes any money for the purpose of any works of a railway under this Act, the amount so contributed may, with the sanction of the Board of Works given under this section, be charged on the land of the landowner improved by the works in the same manner, and with the like effect, as in the case of a charge under that Act.
(3) The Board of Works shall not give their sanction under this section unless they are satisfied that the works for which the land is conveyed or the money is contributed will effect a permanent increase in the value of the land held by the same title or of other land of the same landowner exceeding, in the case of a conveyance of land, that which is, in the opinion of the Board of Works, the real value of the land conveyed, or the difference between that value and the price, as the case may be, and in the case of a contribution of money the amount contributed: Provided also, that if the land proposed to be conveyed is subject to incumbrances, the Board of Works, before giving their sanction under this section, shall cause notice to be given to the incumbrancers, and shall consider the objections, if any, raised by them.

Entry on lands.                                                                         6.—(1) The Board of Works or any company authorised to construct a railway under this Act, with the consent of that Board, may, before the arbitrator has framed his draft award, enter upon any land, which they are by any Order in Council made under this Act authorised to take, without making any deposit in the bank.

(2) Where any such entry is made the Board of Works shall pay to the persons entitled thereto the purchase money or compensation agreed upon or awarded to such persons pursuant to the Lands Clauses Acts in respect of the lands so entered upon, and those Acts as amended by this section shall apply accordingly.
(3) Where any Order in Council under this Act incorporates the Lands Clauses Acts the award of the arbitrator under those Acts shall be final, and the provisions of those Acts with respect to traverses shall not apply.

Provision in case of default in working of undertakings.                                7.—(1) Where any railway constructed under the principal Acts or this Act has been aided out of moneys provided by Parliament, the Board of Works may at any time (whether the undertaking has become the property of a grand jury or not) appoint an engineer or other fit person to inspect and report upon the condition of the undertaking, and the working, maintenance, and development of the same.

(2) If such engineer or person reports that the undertaking is not efficiently worked, maintained, and developed, the Board of Works shall make a report to the Lord Lieutenant, and the Lord Lieutenant in Council, after giving all persons interested an opportunity of being heard, may, if satisfied that the undertaking has not been efficiently worked, maintained, or developed, make an order appointing a manager or receiver of the undertaking for such time and with such powers as may be specified in the order.

Application of general Railway Acts.                                                    8. The enactments mentioned in the schedule to this Act shall not apply to a railway authorised under this Act, except so far as they are required by the Board of Trade to be incorporated, or applied by the Order in Council confirming an agreement under this Act.

Provision for the establishment of lines of steam-boats, coaches, &c.                   9. [1] Where it is certified to the Treasury by the Lord Lieutenant that the establishment of any of the means of communication mentioned in this section is necessary for the development of the resources of any district, but that owing to the exceptional circumstances of the district such means of communication could not be established without special assistance from the State, the Treasury may authorise the Board of Works to enter into an agreement with any person for the establishment and maintenance of any line of steam-boats, coaches, cars, carts, or other vehicles moved by mechanical power or otherwise, and to construct or reconstruct and maintain or contract for the construction or reconstruction and maintenance of any pier, quay, or jetty, or the immediate approaches thereto, or any structure necessary for the proper use thereof; and the Treasury may, out of the money provided by this Act, make free grants in aid of any of the above purposes.

Presentment in aid by grand jury.                                                       10. Any grand jury may, subject to rules and regulations under this Act, present any sum of money in aid of any railway or other means of communication, or any accommodation work constructed or established under this Act; and section twenty-three of the Public Works (Ireland) Act, 1831, and section one of the Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1853, shall apply to such presentment, with this modification that the half-yearly instalments for repayment of any sum to be expended may be at a rate of not less than four pounds per cent. per annum on such sum.

1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 33.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 136.
Power to make rules.                                                                    11.—(1) The Lord Lieutenant in Council may make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect and for regulating the procedure thereunder: Provided that the assent of the Treasury shall be necessary in the case of any rule or regulation affecting the expenditure of money provided by this Act.

(2) All rules and regulations under this section shall be laid before Parliament.

Definition.                                                                             12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “railway” includes light railway or tramway, and where provided by an Order in Council any pier, quay, or jetty used in connexion therewith.

Short title and construction.                                                           13. This Act may be cited as the Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896, and save, where the context otherwise requires, shall be construed as one with the principal Acts, that is to say, the Transfer of Railways (Ireland) Act, 1890, and the Tramways (Ireland) Acts as therein defined, and the Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1895, and those Acts and this Act may be cited collectively as the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 2.
58 & 59 Vict. c. 20.

SCHEDULE.
Enactments relating to Safety, &c.
Sect. 8 .
Session and Chapter.   Title or Short Title.                               Enactments referred to.

31 & 32 Vict. c. 119.  The Regulation of Railways Act, 1868.               Sections nineteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine.

41 & 42 Vict. c. 20.   The Railway Returns (Continuous Brakes) Act, 1878.  The whole Act.

52 & 53 Vict. c. 57.   The Regulation of Railways Act, 1889.               The whole Act.

[2 Short title, “The Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896.” See s. 13.]

[1 Substituted for “five” by 2 Edw. 7. c. 24, s. 9 (1). See that section.]

[1 Amended by 2 Edw. 7. c. 24, s. 9 (2). See that Act.]


[28th February, 2018]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Amendment of section 4 of Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004
1. Section 4 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 is amended by the addition of the following subsections:
“(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 , of a person who has attained the age of 55 years but is under the age of 60 years as a new entrant to the Garda Síochána to the rank of Commissioner of the Garda Síochána or of Deputy Garda Commissioner.

(5) Where an appointment of a person mentioned in subsection (4) is made, then—
(a) subsections (1)(b), (2) and (3) shall apply to the person if the appointment is to the rank of Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, and
(b) subsections (1)(b) and (2) shall apply to the person if the appointment is to the rank of Deputy Garda Commissioner.”.

Short title, collective citation and commencement
2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Act 2018.
(2) The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 and this Act may be cited together as the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts 2004 and 2018.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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.


[22nd July, 2021]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definitions
1. In this Act—
“Act of 2015” means the Workplace Relations Act 2015 ;
“Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2015
2. Section 7 of the Act of 2015 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “under section 41(12), 41(12A)(b) or 51” for “under section 51”.

Amendment of section 40 of Act of 2015
3. Section 40 of the Act of 2015 is amended—
(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
“(1A) A person shall not be eligible for appointment under subsection (1) to be an adjudication officer where one or more of subparagraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (6)(d) apply to the person.”,
(b) in subsection (5)—
(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “if the Government” for “if the Minister”,
(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “staff of the Commission,” for “staff of the Commission, or”,
(iii) by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “expiry of that period, or” for “expiry of that period.”, and
(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):
“(d) if the adjudication officer concerned—
(i) is convicted on indictment of an offence,
(ii) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty,
(iii) has a declaration made against him or her under section 819 of the Companies Act 2014 or is deemed to be subject to such a declaration by virtue of Chapter 5 of Part 14 of that Act, or
(iv) is subject to, or is deemed to be subject to, a disqualification order within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 whether by virtue of that Chapter or of any other provision of that Act.”,
(c) in subsection (6)—
(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “if the Government” for “if the Minister”,
(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “have ceased, or” for “have ceased.”, and
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):
“(d) if the adjudication officer concerned—
(i) is convicted on indictment of an offence,
(ii) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty,
(iii) has a declaration made against him or her under section 819 of the Companies Act 2014 or is deemed to be subject to such a declaration by virtue of Chapter 5 of Part 14 of that Act, or
(iv) is subject to, or is deemed to be subject to, a disqualification order within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 whether by virtue of that Chapter or of any other provision of that Act.”,
and
(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7):
“(7) (a) The Government may revoke an appointment under this section if the Government is satisfied that one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (b) apply to the adjudication officer.

(b) The grounds referred to in paragraph (a) are as follows, namely that an adjudication officer:
(i) has become incapable through ill-health of performing his or her functions;
(ii) has engaged in serious misconduct;
(iii) has failed without reasonable cause, in the opinion of the Government, to perform his or her functions for a continuous period of at least 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the date of the giving of the notice under paragraph (c);
(iv) has contravened to a material extent a provision of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 that, by virtue of a regulation under section 3 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 , applies to him or her.
(c) Where the Government proposes to revoke the appointment of an adjudication officer under paragraph (a), they shall give notice in writing to the adjudication officer concerned of the proposal.
(d) A notice under paragraph (c) shall include a statement—
(i) of the reasons for the proposed revocation of appointment,
(ii) that the adjudication officer may, within a period of 30 working days from the giving of the notice or such longer period as the Government may, having regard to the requirements of natural justice, specify in the notice, make representations to the Government in such form and manner as may be specified by the Government, as to why the adjudication officer should not have his or her appointment revoked, and
(iii) that where no representations are received within the period referred to in subparagraph (ii) or the period specified in the notice, as the case may be, the Government shall, without further notice to the adjudication officer, proceed with the revocation of the appointment of the adjudication officer in accordance with this subsection.
(e) In considering whether to revoke the appointment of an adjudication officer under paragraph (a), the Government shall take into account—
(i) any representations made by the adjudication officer under paragraph (d)(ii) within the period referred to in that paragraph or the period specified in the notice, as the case may be, and
(ii) any other matter the Government considers relevant for the purpose of their decision.
(f) Where, having taken into account the matters referred to in paragraph (e), the Government decide to revoke the appointment of an adjudication officer, they shall give notice in writing to the adjudication officer of the decision and the reasons for that decision.”.

Amendment of section 41 of Act of 2015
4. Section 41 of the Act of 2015 is amended—
(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (12):
“(12A) (a) An adjudication officer may require a person giving evidence in proceedings under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person.

(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of proceedings under this section, gives a statement material in the proceedings while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”,
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (13):
“(13) Proceedings under this section shall be conducted in public unless the adjudication officer, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of a party to the proceedings, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the proceedings (or part thereof) should be conducted otherwise than in public.”,
and
(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (14):
“(14) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Commission shall publish on the internet in such form and in such manner as it considers appropriate every decision of an adjudication officer under this section.

(b) In publishing a decision under paragraph (a), an adjudication officer may determine that, due to the existence of special circumstances, information that would identify the parties in relation to whom the decision was made should not be published by the Commission.”.

Amendment of section 43 of Act of 2015
5. Section 43 of the Act of 2015 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of “the employer or”, and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):
“(6) An application under this section to the District Court shall be made on notice to the employer concerned.”.

Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1946
6. The Industrial Relations Act 1946 is amended—
(a) in section 10, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (12):
“(13) The chairman and the ordinary members shall be independent in the performance of their functions.”,
and
(b) in section 21—
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “this Act, the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 , the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 , the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 or Part 4 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 , or any investigation under the Employment Equality Act 1998 or the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 ” for “this Act, the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 or Part 4 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 , or any investigation under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 ”, and
(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
“(3A) A person who, in or for the purpose of proceedings before the Court, gives a statement material in the proceedings while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”.

Amendment of section 39 of Redundancy Payments Act 1967
7. Section 39 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (17):
“(17A) Proceedings in relation to any matter referred to an adjudication officer under this section shall be conducted in public unless the adjudication officer, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of the employee or employer, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the proceedings (or part thereof) should be conducted otherwise than in public.

(17B) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Commission shall publish on the internet in such form and in such manner as it considers appropriate every decision of an adjudication officer under this section.

(b) In publishing a decision under paragraph (a), an adjudication officer may determine that, due to the existence of special circumstances, information that would identify the employee or employer in relation to whom the decision was made should not be published by the Commission.”.

Amendment of section 4 of Industrial Relations Act 1969
8. Section 4 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):
“(8) A deputy chairman shall be independent in the performance of his or her functions.”.

Amendment of section 8 of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
9. Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):
“(6) Proceedings under this section before an adjudication officer shall be conducted in public unless the adjudication officer, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of a party to the proceedings, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the proceedings (or part thereof) should be conducted otherwise than in public.”,
and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (13):
“(14) (a) An adjudication officer may require a person giving evidence in proceedings under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person.

(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of proceedings under this section, gives a statement material in the proceedings while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”.

Amendment of section 9 of Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984
10. Section 9 of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (4):
“(4A) (a) An adjudication officer may require a person giving evidence in proceedings in relation to a complaint under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person.

(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of proceedings in relation to a complaint under this section, gives a statement material in the proceedings while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.

(4B) (a) An adjudication officer may, by giving notice in that behalf in writing to any person, require such person to attend at such time and place as is specified in the notice to give evidence in proceedings in relation to a complaint under this section or to produce to the adjudication officer any documents in his or her possession, custody or control that relate to any matter to which those proceedings relate.

(b) A person to whom a notice under paragraph (a) is given shall be entitled to the same immunities and privileges as those to which he or she would be entitled if he or she were a witness in proceedings before the High Court.
(c) A notice under paragraph (a) may be given either by delivering it to the person to whom it relates or by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to such person at the address at which he or she ordinarily resides.
(d) A person to whom a notice under paragraph (a) has been given who—
(i) fails or refuses to comply with the notice, or
(ii) refuses to give evidence in proceedings to which the notice relates or fails or refuses to produce any document to which the notice relates,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a class E fine.

(4C) Proceedings in relation to a complaint under this section shall be conducted in public unless the adjudication officer, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of a party to the proceedings, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the proceedings (or part thereof) should be conducted otherwise than in public.

(4D) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Commission shall publish on the internet in such form and in such manner as it considers appropriate every declaration of an adjudication officer under this section.

(b) In publishing a declaration under paragraph (a), an adjudication officer may determine that, due to the existence of special circumstances, information that would identify the parties in relation to whom the declaration was made should not be published by the Commission.

(4E) The Minister may, by regulations, make provision in relation to any matter relating to the presentation of, the referral of, or the hearing of a complaint under this section that he or she considers appropriate.”.

Amendment of section 79 of Employment Equality Act 1998
11. Section 79 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) An investigation under this section shall be held in public unless the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of any party, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the investigation (or part thereof) should be held otherwise than in public.”,
and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):
“(8) (a) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission may require a person giving evidence in an investigation under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person.

(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of an investigation under this section, gives a statement material in the investigation while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”.

Amendment of section 25 of Equal Status Act 2000
12. Section 25 of the Equal Status Act 2000 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) An investigation under this section shall be held in public unless the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of any party, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the investigation (or part thereof) should be held otherwise than in public.”,
and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2A):
“(2B) (a) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission may require a person giving evidence in an investigation under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person.

(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of an investigation under this section, gives a statement material in the investigation while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”.

Review of operation of Act
13. (1) The Minister shall—
(a) not later than 12 months after this section comes into operation, commence a review of the operation of the amendments to:
(i) the Act of 2015 effected by section 4 (b) and (c);
(ii) the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 effected by section 7 ,
(iii) the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 effected by section 9 (a);
(iv) the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 effected by section 10 , in so far as it relates to the insertion, in section 9 of the said Act, of subsections (4C) and (4D);
(v) the Employment Equality Act 1998 effected by section 11 (a);
(vi) the Equal Status Act 2000 effected by section 12 (a),
and
(b) not later than 12 months after the commencement of the said review, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made on the review and of the conclusions drawn from the findings.
(2) In carrying out the review referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall consult with such other Ministers of the Government as he or she considers appropriate.

Short title and commencement
14. (1) This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister 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.


[9th October, 2013]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definition
1. “Act of 2003” means the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 ;
“Minister” means the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Expenses
2. The expenses incurred by the Minister 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.

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2003
3. Section 2(1) of the Act of 2003 is amended by inserting the following definitions—
“‘applied research’ means original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective;
‘strategic areas of opportunity for the State’ shall be construed in accordance with section 7(6);”.

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2003
4. The Act of 2003 is amended by substituting the following section for section 7:
“Functions of Foundation
7. (1) The Foundation, in promoting and assisting the development and competitiveness of industry, enterprise and employment in the State, shall—
(a) promote, develop and assist the carrying out of oriented basic research and applied research in strategic areas of opportunity for the State,
(b) develop and extend the capability for the carrying out of oriented basic research and applied research in institutions,
(c) endeavour to ensure that—
(i) a standard of excellence is consistently adhered to at the highest level in research referred to in paragraph (a),
(ii) the standard referred to in subparagraph (i) is measured by competitive peer review on an international basis or by any other review process equivalent to relevant international best practice,
(d) promote the attracting to the State of research teams, and individuals with an interest in research, of a world class standard with a view to their carrying out oriented basic research or applied research in strategic areas of opportunity for the State,
(e) cooperate and collaborate with other statutory bodies in the State in the promotion and encouragement of oriented basic research and applied research,
(f) devise, administer, allocate, monitor and evaluate schemes, grants, and other financial facilities for the disbursement of any funds authorised by the Minister from time to time with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,
(g) support—
(i) the development and publication of research to assess the impact of research activities funded wholly or partly by the Foundation,
(ii) the assessment and publication of research activities funded wholly or partly by the Foundation,
(h) promote and support—
(i) the study of, education in and engagement with, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in consultation with the Minister for Education and Skills, where appropriate,
(ii) an awareness and understanding of the value of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to society and in particular to the growth of the economy,
and
(i) carry out such other functions related to science or technology which may, from time to time, be assigned to the Foundation by Forfás, with the consent of the Minister.
(2) The Foundation shall have all such powers as are necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions.
(3) The Minister may give directions relating to policy to be followed by the Foundation in the exercise of its functions.
(4) The Foundation shall comply with any direction referred to in subsection (3).
(5) The Foundation shall manage the disbursement of research funds provided to the Foundation by a Minister of the Government, other than the Minister, where requested to do so by the Minister of the Government with the consent of the Minister, in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the Minister of the Government making the request.
(6) The Minister may prescribe from time to time an area of opportunity related to science or technology having regard to—
(a) economic and social benefit,
(b) long term industrial competitiveness, or
(c) environmentally sustainable development,
and such an area when so prescribed shall be a strategic area of opportunity.”.

Disbursement of certain funds and international cooperation
5. The Act of 2003 is amended by inserting the following sections after section 7:
“Disbursement of certain funds
7A. (1) The Foundation may disburse funds to an institution in Northern Ireland—
(a) under the scheme administered by the Foundation on behalf of the Minister prior to the coming into operation of this section and known as the Charles Parsons Energy Research Awards Scheme, or
(b) subject to subsection (2), under any scheme referred to in section 7(1)(f).
(2) The Foundation may disburse funds to which subsection (1)(b) applies—
(a) through an institution in the State in receipt of funds from the Foundation where the institution in Northern Ireland is a partner of the institution in the State or of a company carrying on business in the State for the purposes of carrying out a research project, or
(b) directly to the institution in Northern Ireland where the Foundation is satisfied that an institution in the State or a company carrying on business in the State is a partner of the institution in Northern Ireland for the purposes of carrying out a research project.

International cooperation
7B. The Foundation, subject to the consent of the Minister, may—
(a) participate in, and contribute to the funding of, international collaborative projects relating to strategic areas of opportunity for the State, and
(b) enter into an agreement with any person having a function relating to science or technology outside the State for the purposes of paragraph (a).”.

Amendment of section 24 of Act of 2003
6. Section 24 of the Act of 2003 is amended in subsection (1) by deleting the words “oriented basic”.

Amendment of Science and Technology Act 1987
7. The Science and Technology Act 1987 is amended by repealing sections 9, 10 and 11.

Amendment of Industrial Development Act 1986
8. Section 11 of the Industrial Development Act 1986 is amended by repealing subsection (2) of that section.

Amendment of Industrial Development Act 1993
9. The Industrial Development Act 1993 is amended by inserting the following new section after section 9:
“Supply of information requested by Forfás
9B. (1) Forfás may request information from an institution in relation to—
(a) the matters specified in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (d) of Article 2(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 995/2012 of 26 October 20121 , and
(b) research and development carried out by the institution where that institution is funded wholly or partly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
(2) An institution shall furnish any information requested of the institution under subsection (1) to Forfás in such form and manner and at such time as Forfás specifies when making the request.
(3) In this section ‘institution’ means any institute, university, college, laboratory, agency, office or service, whether under the control of a Minister of the Government or otherwise, which is wholly or partly engaged in research and development or any other activity related to science or technology.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule to Freedom of Information Act 1997
10. The Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended in Part I by inserting the following at the end of that Part—
“(a) (i) in column (1), ‘No. 34 of 1998’,
(ii) in column (2), opposite the mention in column (1) of No. 34 of 1998, ‘ Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 ’, and
(iii) in column (3) opposite the mention in column (2) of Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 , ‘Section 16.’,
and
(b) (i) in column (1), ‘No. 30 of 2003’,
(ii) in column (2), opposite the mention in column (1) of No. 30 of 2003, ‘ Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 ’, and
(iii) in column (3), opposite the mention in column (2) of Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 , ‘Section 17.’.”.

Short title, collective citation and commencement
11. (1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Act 2013.
(2) The Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2009 and this Act, other than sections 7 and 10 , may be cited together as the Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2013.
(3) 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 or provisions.

1 OJ L. 299, 27.10.2012, p. 18.


[Preamble.]
[S. 1 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
Registrar to enter particulars of memorandums in such books as shall be appointed by general orders made under this Act.                                                                                2. The Registrar of Judgments shall enter the particulars contained in every memorandum left with him for the registry or re-entry of any judgment, revival, decree, rule, order, lis pendens, or civil bill decree for poor rates, or for the registry or re-docketing of any recognizance, Crown bond, judgment at the suit of the Crown, statute, inquisition, or acceptance of office, in such books or book as shall be appointed by any general order made as by this Act is provided; and such entry shall be a sufficient compliance with any direction contained in any Act of Parliament that the said registrar should enter such particulars in any book: Provided always, that unless and until such general order thall be made, the said Registrar of Judgments shall continue to enter such particulars in the several books now kept in his office respectively in the manner provided by the Acts of Parliament in that behalf enacted: Provided also, that all persons shall be at liberty to search all books to be kept under the provisions of this Act on payment of the same amount of stamp duty as is now payable for searching the books at present kept in the said office.

Requisition for search.                                                                                3. Every person who shall require a search to be made in the office of the Registrar of Judgments, and a certificate of such search to be given, shall deliver unto or leave with the said registrar a note or requisition, in the words or to the effect of such one of the Forms (Nos. 1 or 2 in the Schedule B. to this Act annexed) as shall suit such person, or of such other form as shall from time to time be appointed by any general order which shall be made as by this Act is provided; and every such requisition shall be liable, in lieu of any existing stamp duty, to the duty set forth in the Schedule C. to this Act annexed.

Registrar to give certificate.                                                                                4. The said registrar shall, upon the delivery of such requisition, with all due diligence cause such search to be made and give to the person making such requisition a certificate setting forth the result of such search, in the words or to the effect of the Form No. 5 in the Schedule B. to this Act annexed, or of such other form as shall from time to time be appointed by any general order which shall be made as by this Act is provided; and if the said registrar shall be guilty of any fraud, collusion, or wilful neglect in making out such certificate, whereby any person shall be aggrieved or damnified, such person so damnified his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall recover full damages against such registrar, with full costs of suit.

Registrar liable in damages for fraud, &c.
Requisition for duplicate searches.                                                                                5. If any person shall require a duplicate of any search made and certificate given such person shall deliver unto or leave with the said registrar a note or requisition in the words or to the effect of the Form No. 4 in Schedule B. to this Act annexed, or of such other form as shall from time to time be appointed by any general order made as by this Act is provided; and every such requisition shall be liable to the stamp duty set forth in Schedule C. to this Act annexed.

Registrar to give duplicate.                                                                                6. The said registrar shall, upon the delivery of such requisition, with all due diligence cause such duplicate to be made and given to the person requiring the same, with a certificate at the foot thereof, or appended thereto, stating that the same is a duplicate of the search and certificate in such requisition mentioned.

Duplicate to have the force and effect of original.                                                                                7. Every such duplicate so certified as aforesaid shall have the same force and effect, and shall be accepted and received in the same manner and for the same purposes, as an original search and certificate to the same extent and in the same terms.

Stamp duties to be impressed and managed as heretofore.                                                                                8. The duties set forth in the Schedule C. to this Act annexed shall be impressed or affixed, denoted, and collected in like manner with the duties mentioned in the schedule annexed to the Judgments Registry (Ireland) Act, 1850, and shall be under the like care and management, and that the like rules, regulations, provisions, penalties, clauses, and matters contained in any Act shall be applicable thereto.

13 & 14 Vict. c. 74.
Power for Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron, and Master of the Rolls to make General Orders to carry out the Act;                                                                                9. It shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, or for any three of them, from time to time to make such general orders as shall to them seem fit, in relation to the books wherein shall be entered, by the said registrar, the particulars contained in any memorandum left with him for the registry or re-entry of any judgment, revival, decree, rule, order, lis pendens, or civil bill decree for poor rates, or for the registry or re-docketing of any recognizance, Crown bond, judgment at the suit of the Crown, statute, inquisition, or acceptance of office; and also in relation to the form of verbiage of all memorandums and requisitions authorized or directed by any Act of Parliament to be left with the said registrar, and to the material on which same shall be written or printed, and to the size of such material; and also by and with the consent of the Treasury to abolish or reduce the amount of stamp duty to be paid on any of the requisitions or matters set forth in Schedule C. to this Act annexed; and if it should be deemed proper, with the like consent again from time to time to revive or increase any of the duties so reduced, but not beyond the respective amounts in the said schedule set forth; and generally in relation to the conduct of business in the office of the said registrar and the duties of the said registrar and the other officers in his office, and from time to time to annul, alter, or vary such general orders.

and with consent of Treasury to abolish and reduce stamp duties.

Judgments at the suit of the Crown more than twenty years old not to affect purchasers or mortgagees unless re-docketed in the office of Registrar of Judgments.                                                                                10. [Recital of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 120.] No judgment obtained at the suit of the Crown which shall be more than twenty years old from the date thereof shall affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as to purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors, unless and until a memorandum or minute duly authenticated, containing the name and usual or last known place of abode, and the title, trade, or profession of the person whose estate is intended to be affected thereby, the court, and the title of the cause in which such judgment shall have been obtained, and the date of such judgment, and the amount of the debt, damages, and costs thereby recovered, shall be left with the Registrar of Judgments, who shall forthwith enter the same particulars in the book in the said Act mentioned, which book shall henceforward be entitled Redocketed Crown Bonds, Recognizances, and Judgments at the suit of the Crown, or in such other book or books as shall be appointed by any general order made as by this Act is provided; and every such memorandum shall be liable to and impressed with the same duty as every memorandum for the registration of any recognizance, bond, judgment, or obligation to the Crown is now liable to.

Recognizance and Crown bonds, &c. registered more than four years before the passing of this Act to be re-registered within one year after passing of this Act.                                                                                11. No recognizance, Crown bond, judgment at the suit of the Crown, statute, inquisition, or acceptance of office, registered or re-docketed under the Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844, or under the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848, more than four years before the passing of this Act, shall affect lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as to purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors, unless and until a like memorandum or minute as is required for a registry thereof, under the Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844, be left with the officer appointed under that Act within five years before the execution of the conveyance, settlement, mortgage, lease, or other deed or instrument vesting or transferring the legal or equitable right to the estate or interest in or to any such purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consideration, or as to creditors within five years before the right of such creditor accrued: Provided always, that where twenty years from the date of such bond or recognizance to the Crown has expired, or will expire before the expiration of one year from the passing of this Act, nothing in this enactment contained shall be taken to dispense with the re-docketing under the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848, of such bond or recognizance to the Crown within such twenty years, or to give any greater validity or effect to such bond or recognizance than the same would have had under the provisions of the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848, in case this Act had not been passed.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 90.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 120.
Recognizances, Crown bonds, &c. registered within four years before the passing of this Act, or which shall be registered or re-registered after it, to be re-registered every five years.                                                                    12. No recognizance, Crown bond, judgment at the suit of the Crown, statute, inquisition, or acceptance of office, registered or re-docketed under the Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844, or under the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848, within four years before the passing of this Act, or which after the passing of this Act shall be registered or re-docketed or re-registered under either of the said Acts or under this Act, shall, after the expiration of five years from the date of such registry, re-docketing, or re-registry thereof, affect lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as to purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors, unless and until a like memorandum or minute as was required in the first instance be again left with such officer as aforesaid, within five years before the execution of the conveyance, settlement, mortgage, lease, or other instrument vesting or transferring the legal or equitable right to the estate, or interest in or to any such purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consideration, or as to creditors within five years before the right of such creditor accrued, and so toties quoties at the expiration of every succeeding five years.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 90.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 120.
Stamp duty on memorandum for re-registry of recognizances, &c. to be the same as for re-registering judgments.                                                                                13. The memorandum or minute to be left with the said officer for the re-registry of any recognizance, Crown bond, judgment at the suit of the Crown, re-docketed recognizance or Crown bond, statute, inquisition, or acceptance of office, shall be subject and liable to the same amount of stamp duty as that to which a memorandum or minute for the re-registry of a judgment is at present subject and liable.

On vacancies of clerks except the most junior, the Lord Chancellor, &c. may promote from those holding appointments junior to that vacated.                                                                                14. And whereas the official establishment of the office of the said Registrar of Judgments at present consists, in addition, to the said registrar and two searching clerks, and one writing clerk, of the following officers; that is to say, a chief clerk, a second clerk, and three junior clerks, who are respectively paid salaries according to a scale fixed by the Treasury :
If a vacancy occur in office of fifth clerk, it may be filled up by competitive examination.

Be it therefore enacted, that if a vacancy shall occur in the office of such chief clerk, second clerk, third clerk, or fourth clerk, it shall be lawful for the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chief Baron, or any three of them, to appoint such one of the clerks holding an office junior in the establishment to the one so vacant as they shall consider most fit to fill such vacancy; and if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the fifth clerk, and if the Treasury shall consider it expedient to fill the same, be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, or any three of them, to nominate a sufficient number, not being less than five, of fit and competent persons, from amongst whom one shall be selected to fill such vacancy by competitive examination, according to regulations to be from time to time framed by Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners, and approved by the Treasury.

Power to appoint additional clerks if required.                                                                                15. If it shall hereafter appear to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland that the business of the said office cannot be discharged with due despatch without the assistance of an additional clerk or clerks, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the said Lord Chancellor, by and with he consent of the Treasury, on sufficient cause being shown, to direct that one or more additional clerk or clerks shall be appointed: Provided always, that such appointment or appointments shall be made by competitive examination as aforesaid.

Power to reduce the staff of the office if it be excessive ;                                                                                16. If it shall hereafter appear to the said Lord Chancellor that the number of clerks in the said office is greater than is required for the due despatch of business, it shall be lawful for him, by and with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to order that the number of such clerks shall be reduced, and that, if opportunity shall offer, such clerk or clerks as he shall consider not required in the said office shall be transferred to such other department of the public service as the said Lord Chancellor shall, with the consent of the said Lords Commissioners, by such order direct.

and to transfer clerks not required to other departments.
Salaries of clerks.                                                                                17. It shall be lawful for the Treasury, if they shall so think fit, upon the recommendation of the said Lord Chancellor, from time to time to increase or decrease, by such amounts as they may consider proper, the salaries now paid to the said clerks respectively, or to any or either of them.

Tenure of clerks.                                                                                18. Every clerk appointed under this Act shall be deemed and construed to be an assistant clerk within the meaning of the thirtieth section of the Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844, and to be a clerk within the meaning of the sixty-third section of the Registration of Assurances (Ireland) Act, 1850, and the provisions of the said sections shall be applicable to every of them.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 90. s. 30.
13 & 14 Vict. c. 72.
Searching clerks.                                                                                19. It shall and may be lawful for the said registrar, for the purpose of making searches under this Act, to continue to employ the present searching clerks, who shall be removable as heretofore, and if a vacancy shall occur in the office of either of them it shall and may be lawful for the said registrar, with the consent of the Treasury, from time to time to appoint a competent clerk to fill such vacancy, to be removable at his pleasure; and it shall and may be lawful for the Treasury to authorize such annual salaries as they shall think proper to be paid to such searching clerks, and from time to time to increase or decrease such salaries by such amounts as they shall think fit.

When rolls of judgments are removed to the Public Record Office, the Registrar of Judgments shall enter memorandums of satisfactions and vacates on production of copies of such judgments or recognizances, marked with satisfactions or vacates upon them.  20. [Recital of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 120; 30 & 31 Vict. c. 70.] In every case in which the roll, book, or other record, upon or in which any judgment, decree, rule, order, recognizance, or Crown bond has been entered or recorded, has or shall have been removed to the said Public Record Office, and that an entry of satisfaction has or shall have been made upon such judgment or of vacate or cancellation upon such Crown bond or recognizance, or a certificate that such decree, rule, or order has been fully performed, complied with, or satisfied, has or shall have been recorded, then and in every such case a certified copy, duly authenticated according to the provisions of the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867, of such judgment, decree, rule, order, recognizance, or Crown bond, or of the material portions thereof respectively, and of the entry thereon of satisfaction, vacate, or cancellation, or of the certificate of performance, compliance, or satisfaction, shall have the same force and effect, and shall be received and acted upon by the said registrar in the same manner in all respects as a certificate of such satisfaction, performance, compliance, vacate, or cancellation under the provisions of the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848.

30 & 31 Vict. c. 70.
Registrar to enter memorandums of vacates of lis pendens, upon production of certificates of order of court to vacate them.                                                                                21. The said registrar shall, upon the lodgment with him of a certificate that any lis pendens which may have been registered in the said office has been duly vacated by an order of the Court in which lis pendens may be, signed by the proper officer in that behalf, and which certificate such officer is hereby authorized and required to give, cause a memorandum of such vacate to be subscribed to the entry of the registry of such lis pendens specifying the date of such order, and shall sign such memorandum and upon every search made in the said office subsequently to the entry of such memorandum as aforesaid whereupon such lis pendens shall appear the entry of such memorandum shall be stated.

Attested copy of judgment when roll has been removed to the Public Record Office.                                                                                22. [Recital of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 120. s. 12, providing that no judgment, Crown bond or recognizance, rule, decree, order, or lis pendens should be registered without a certificate of its existence.] In every case in which the roll, book, or record upon or in which such judgment, Crown bond, recognizance, rule, decree, or order has been entered has or shall have been removed to the said Public Record Office, a certified copy, duly authenticated according to the provisions of the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867, of such judgment, Crown bond, recognizance, rule, decree, or order, or of the material portions thereof respectively, (provided always, that such copy shall not contain any entry of satisfaction of such judgment, performance of or compliance with such decree, rule, or order, or vacate or cancellation of such recognizance or Crown bond,) shall have the same force and effect, and shall be received and acted upon by the said registrar in the same manner in all respects as a certificate of the existence of such judgment, Crown bond, recognizance, rule, decree, or order under the provisions of the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848.

30 & 31 Vict. c. 70.
Performance of duties during absence of Registrar of Judgments, &c.                                                                                23. During the temporary absence of the said Registrar of Judgments, and during the temporary absence of the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper from their respective offices, the affixing or signing the name of the said Registrar of Judgments by the chief clerk in his office, and of the name of the said Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper by the chief clerk in his office, to all memorandums, entries, certificates, proceedings, and documents, upon their being respectively duly authorized in that behalf by the said Registrar of Judgments and Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper so to do, but not otherwise, shall be as good, valid, and effectual as if the same respectively were affixed or signed by the said Registrar of Judgments and Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper: Provided always, that the said Registrar of Judgments and Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper shall respectively be as liable to all actions or other proceedings by any persons damnified by such affixing or signing of their respective names by their respective chief clerks as they would be if the same had been affixed or signed by themselves respectively.

Deputies of first and second assistants in Record and Writ Office.                                                                                24. In case of illness or other necessary cause of absence it shall be lawful for the first and second assistant in the Record and Writ Office from time to time as occasion may require to appoint a deputy, such deputy, and also the occasion for such appointment, to be first approved by the Lord Chancellor, upon a petition to be verified by affidavit, for such time and under such regulations as the Lord Chancellor shall direct, and no such appointment of a deputy shall continue for any longer time than shall be allowed and specified in and by the said order which shall be made on such petition, and that such deputy shall be paid out of the salary or fees of such officer such sum as shall be directed by the said order.

SCHEDULES.
[Sched. (A.) rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
Schedule B.
Forms of Requisition.
No. 1.—To the Registrar of Judgments.
Sect. 3 .
Negative search for judgments or revivals entered up in any of Her Majesty's Superior Courts at Dublin, or obtained in any inferior Court of Record before the 15th day of July 1850, for decrees, rules, orders, or civil bill decrees for poor rates, made before the 15th day of July 1850, and for lis pendens registered or re-registered against , from the day of to the day of ; and for recognizances and Crown bonds, judgments at the suit of the Crown, statutes, inquisitions, and acceptances of office registered or re-docketed against the said , from the day of to the day of
Dated this day of .
Signed, .
No. 2.—To the Registrar of judgments.
Sect. 3 .
Negative search for Judgments revivals, decrees, rules, orders, lis pendens, and civil bill decrees for poor rate registered or re-registered against , from the day of to the day of ;and for recognizances and Crown bonds, judgments at the suit of the Crown, statutes, inquisitions, and acceptance of offices registered or re-docketed against the said , from the day of to the day of .

Dated this day of .
Signed, .
No. 4.—To the Registrar of Judgments.
Sect. 5 .
I require a duplicate of the search against set forth in the requisition left with you, by , on the day of .

Dated this day of .
Signed, .
No. 5.
Sect. 4 .
On search made in the Registry of Judgments Office in pursuance of the foregoing requisition, I do not find any [but the above mentioned (these words to be omitted when none appear)] such judgments, revivals, decrees, rules or orders, judgments at the suit of the Crown, statutes, recognizances, or Crown bonds, lis pendens, inquisitions, or acceptances of office registered or re-registered, or re-docketed, within the respective periods aforesaid against the said .

Dated this day of .
[Name of Registrar.]
Witnesses present when the search was made,
Schedule C.
Sects. 3,5,8,9.
Duties of Stamps which are to be paid and payable in Ireland for and in respect of the several instruments, matters, and things herein mentioned, used, filed, registered, recorded, or issued in the Office of Registrar of Judgments.

£  s.  d.
On every requisition for a search for judgments or revivals entered up in any of Her Majesty's courts at Dublin, or obtained in any inferior court of Record before the 15th day of July 1850, and for decrees, rules, orders, or civil bill decrees for poor rates, made before the 15th day of July 1850, and for lis pendens registered against any person, and for recognizances and Crown bonds, judgments at the suit of the Crown, statutes, inquisitions, and acceptances of office registered or re-docketed against the same person -  0  16  6
On every requisition for a search for judgments, revivals, decrees, rules and orders, lis pendens and civil bill decrees for poor rate, registered or re-registered against any person, and for recognizances and Crown bonds, judgments at the suit of the Crown, statutes, inquisitions, and acceptances of office registered and re-registered or re-docketed against the same person - - - - - -                                                                                1  0   0
On every requisition for a duplicate of a search, according to the provisions of the 8th section of the Act to which this schedule is annexed - - - - -                                                                                0  5   0
On every memorandum of vacate of a lis pendens to be subscribed or annexed to the original entry of registry in the office of Registrar of judgments pursuant to this Act -                                                                                0  2   6
[1 Short title, “The Judgments Registry (Ireland) Act, 1871.” See 59 & 60 Vict. c. 14.]


Definition.                                                              1. In this Act the word “inquiry” shall mean any inquiry held under the authority of any Royal Commission or by any committee of either House of Parliament, or pursuant to any statutory authority, whether the evidence at such inquiry is or is not given on oath, but shall not include any inquiry by any court of Justice.

Persons obstructing or intimidating witnesses guilty of misdemeanor.     2. Every person who commits any of the following acts, that is to say, who threatens, or in any way punishes, damnifies, or injures, or attempts to punish, damnify, or injure, any person for having given evidence upon any inquiry, or on account of the evidence which he has given upon any such inquiry, shall, unless such evidence was given in bad faith, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable on conviction thereof to a maximum penalty of one hundred pounds, or to a maximum imprisonment of three months.

Prosecution of offences.                                                 3. A prosecution for any offence under this Act may be heard and determined by a court of summary jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, provided that should either the complainant or the party charged object to the case being dealt with summarily, the court shall send such case for trial to the quarter sessions or assizes, or in cases arising within the metropolitan area to the central criminal court.

Court to have power to award costs and compensation to party aggrieved.  4. It shall be lawful for any court before which any person may be convicted of any offence under this Act, if it thinks fit, in addition to sentence or punishment by way of fine or imprisonment, to condemn such person to pay the whole or any part of the costs and expenses incurred in and about the prosecution and conviction for the offence of which he shall be convicted, and, upon the application of the complainant, and immediately after such conviction, to award to complainant any sum of money which it may think reasonable, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, by way of satisfaction or compensation for any loss of situation, wages, status, or other damnification or injury suffered by the complainant through or by means of the offence of which such person shall be so convicted; provided that where the case is tried before a jury, such jury shall determine what amount, if any, is to be paid by way of satisfaction or compensation.

Costs and compensation to be a judgment debt.                            5. The amount awarded for such satisfaction or compensation, together with such costs, to be taxed by the proper officer of the court, shall be deemed a judgment debt due to the person entitled to receive the same from the person so convicted, and be recoverable accordingly.

Application to Scotland.                                                 6. In the application of this Act to Scotland the following modifications shall have effect:—
(1) A court of summary jurisdiction means the sheriff.
(2) If the complainant or the party charged, as in section three of this Act mentioned, objects to the case being dealt with summarily, it shall be sent for trial by the sheriff with a jury, or by the High Court of Justiciary, as Her Majesty’s Advocate shall direct.
(3) Judgment debt means a civil debt, and such debt may be recovered in any competent court.

Saving.                                                                  7. Nothing in this Act contained shall in any way lessen or affect any power or privilege possessed by either House of Parliament, or any power given by statute in the premises.

Short title.                                                             8. This Act may be cited as the Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act, 1892.

[2 Short title, “The Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act, 1892”; see s. 8.]