[7th July, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definition
1. In this Act, “Act of 1990” means the Industrial Relations Act 1990 .

Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1990
2. Section 3 of the Act of 1990 is amended, in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definitions:
“ ‘Act of 2005’ means the Garda Síochána Act 2005 ;
‘Garda Commissioner’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2005;
‘Garda Síochána’ means the police service referred to in section 6 of the Act of 2005;
‘member’, in relation to the Garda Síochána, has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2005, but does not include—
(a) the Garda Commissioner, or
(b) a reserve member within the meaning of the Act of 2005;”.

Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1990
3. Section 23 of the Act of 1990 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “a member of the Garda Síochána referred to in subsection (1A) and” after “means”, and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):
“(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) and subject to subsections (1B), (1C) and (1D), the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2019 and this Part shall apply to a member of the Garda Síochána.

(1B) Subject to subsections (1C) and (1D), for the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A), references to all or any of the following, in relation to a member of the Garda Síochána, shall be construed as follows:
(a) a reference to an employer shall be read as a reference to the Garda Commissioner;
(b) a reference to a—
(i) contract of employment,
(ii) contract with an employer,
(iii) employment contract, or
(iv) any similar term,
shall be read as a reference to any enactment, Garda code, instrument, decision, circular, instruction, any other document or any combination thereof that provides for or specifies the terms and conditions on which that member of the Garda Síochána serves;
(c) a reference to a trade union shall be read as a reference to an association established under and in accordance with section 18 of the Act of 2005;
(d) a reference to an employer organisation, a trade union of employers or an employer association shall be read as a reference to the Garda Commissioner;
(e) without prejudice to section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 , a reference to a trade dispute shall be read as a reference to any dispute or difference between members of the Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner that is connected with the appointment or non-appointment of any such member, or with the terms and conditions on which such members serve, and includes any such dispute or difference between retired members and the Garda Commissioner.

(1C) (a) Nothing in subsections (1), (1A) or (1B) shall affect the operation of section 18(3) of the Act of 2005.

(b) Nothing in subsections (1), (1A) or (1B) shall operate to apply the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 to the Garda Síochána and those subsections shall not apply to the interpretation of any terms used in those Acts.

(1D) The enactments specified in column (3) of the Sixth Schedule shall not apply to a worker who is a member of the Garda Síochána to the extent specified in column (4) of that Schedule.”.

Enactments to which section 23(1A) and 23(1B) of Act of 1990 shall not apply to members of the Garda Síochána
4. (1) The Act of 1990 is amended by the insertion of the following Schedule after the Fifth Schedule:
“SIXTH SCHEDULE
Section 23(1D)
Enactments to which sections 23(1A) and 23(1B) shall not apply to members of the Garda Síochána
(1)  (2)  (3)  Extent of Disapplication
(4)
”.
Short title, collective citation and commencement
5. (1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2019.
(2) The Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2015 and this Act may be cited together as the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2019.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation 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 different provisions.


[Preamble.]
Occupier to have a right inseparable from his occupation to kill ground game concurrently with any other person entitled to kill the same on land in his occupation.  1. Every occupier of land shall have, as incident to and inseparable from his occupation of the land, the right to kill and take ground game thereon, concurrently with any other person who may be entitled to kill and take ground game on the same land: Provided that the right conferred on the occupier by this section shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1.) The occupier shall kill and take ground game only by himself or by persons duly authorised by him in writing:
(a.) The occupier himself and one other person authorised in writing by such occupier shall be the only persons entitled under this Act to kill ground game with firearms;
(b.) No person shall be authorised by the occupier to kill or take ground game, except members of his household resident on the land in his occupation, persons in his ordinary service on such land, and any one other person bonâ fide employed by him for reward in the taking and destruction of ground game;
(c.) Every person so authorised by the occupier, on demand by any person having a concurrent right to take and kill the ground game on the land or any person authorised by him in writing to make such demand, shall produce to the person so demanding the document by which he is authorised, and in default he shall not be deemed to be an authorised person.
(2.) A person shall not be deemed to be an occupier of land for the purposes of this Act by reason of his having a right of common over such lands; or by reason of an occupation for the purpose of grazing or pasturage of sheep, cattle, or horses for not more than nine months.
(3.) In the case of moorlands, and uninclosed lands (not being arable lands), the occupier and the persons authorised by him shall exercise the rights conferred by this section only from the eleventh day of December in one year until the thirty-first day of March in the next year, both inclusive; but this provision shall not apply to detached portions of moorlands or uninclosed lands adjoining arable lands, where such detached portions of moorlands or uninclosed lands are less than twenty-five acres in extent.

Occupier entitled to kill ground game on land in his occupation not to divest himself wholly of such right.                                                           2. Where the occupier of land is entitled otherwise than in pursuance of this Act to kill and take ground game thereon, if he shall give to any other person a title to kill and take such ground game, he shall nevertheless retain and have, as incident to and inseparable from such occupation, the same right to kill and take ground game as is declared by section one of this Act. Save as aforesaid, but subject as in section six here-after mentioned, the occupier may exercise any other or more extensive right which he may possess in respect of ground game or other game, in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Act had not passed.

All agreements in contravention of right of occupier to destroy ground game void.                                                                                3. Every agreement, condition, or arrangement which purports to divest or alienate the right of the occupier as declared, given, and reserved to him by this Act, or which gives to such occupier any advantage in consideration of his forbearing to exercise such right, or imposes upon him any disadvantage in consequence of his exercising such right, shall be void.

Exemption from game licences.                                                                                4. The occupier and the persons duly authorised by him as aforesaid shall not be required to obtain a licence to kill game for the purpose of killing and taking ground game on land in the occupation of such occupier, and the occupier shall have the same power of selling any ground game so killed by him, or the persons authorised by him, as if he had a licence to kill game: Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall exempt any person from the provisions of the Gun Licence Act, 1870.

33 & 34 Vict. c. 57.
Saving clause.                                                                                5. Where at the date of the passing of this Act the right to kill and take ground game on any land is vested by lease, contract of tenancy, or other contract bonâ fide made for valuable consideration in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled under this Act, until the determination of that contract, to kill and take ground game on such land. And in Scotland when the right to kill and take ground game is vested by operation of law or otherwise in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled by virtue of this Act to kill or take ground game during the currency of any lease or contract of tenancy under which he holds at the passing of this Act, or during the currency of any contract made bonâ fide for valuable consideration before the passing of this Act whereby any other person is entitled to take and kill ground game on the land.

. . . . . . . .
Nothing in this Act shall affect any special right of killing or taking ground game to which any person other than the landlord, lessor, or occupier may have become entitled before the passing of this Act by virtue of any franchise, charter, or Act of Parliament.

Prohibition of night shooting, spring traps aboveground, or poison.                                                                                6. No person having a right of killing ground game under this Act or otherwise shall use any firearms for the purpose of killing ground game between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the last hour before sunrise; and no such person shall, for the purpose of killing ground game, employ spring traps except in rabbit holes, nor employ poison; and any person acting in contravention of this section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

As to non-occupier having right of killing game.                                                                                7. Where a person who is not in occupation of land has the sole right of killing game thereon (with the exception of such right of killing and taking ground game as is by this Act conferred on the occupier as incident to and inseparable from his occupation), such person shall, for the purpose of any Act authorising the institution of legal proceedings by the owner of an exclusive right to game, have the same authority to institute such proceedings as if he were such exclusive owner, without prejudice nevertheless to the right of the occupier conferred by this Act.

Interpretation clause.                                                                                8. For the purposes of this Act—
The words “ground game” mean hares and rabbits.
Exemption from penalties.                                                                                9. A person acting in accordance with this Act shall not thereby be subject to any proceedings or penalties in pursuance of any law or statute.

Saving of existing prohibitions.                                                                                10. Nothing in this Act shall authorise the killing or taking of ground game on any days or seasons, or by any methods, prohibited by any Act of Parliament in force at the time of the passing of this Act.

Short title.                                                                                11. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Ground Game Act, 1880.

[1Short title, “The Ground Game Act, 1880.” See s. 11.]


[Preamble.]
[S. 1 rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88. s. 30.]
The purchase, sale, or contract for slaves declared unlawful; as also the removal, importation, or exportation of slaves;                                  2. It shall not be lawful for any persons to deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or to contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be dealt with as slaves; or to carry away, or remove, or to contract for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to import or bring, or to contract for the importing or bringing into any place whatsoever slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being imported or brought into any place whatsoever as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ, let, or take to freight or on hire, or to contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting, or taking to freight or on hire, any ship, vessel, or boat, in order to accomplish any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or to lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or to contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming security for the loan or advance of money, goods, or effects employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or to become guarantee or security, or to contract for the becoming guarantee or security, for agents employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or in any other manner to engage or to contract to enrage directly or indirectly therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise; or to ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or to contract, for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, money, goods, or effects to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or to take the charge or command, or to navigate or enter and embark on board, or to contract for the taking the charge or command, or for the navigating or entering and embarking on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, as captain, master, mate, petty officer, surgeon, supercargo, seaman, marine, or servant, or in any other capacity, knowing that such ship, vessel, or boat is actually employed, or is in the same voyage, or upon the same occasion, in respect of which they shall so take the charge or command, or navigate or enter and embark, or contract so to do as aforesaid, intended to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or to insure or to contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property, or other subject matter, engaged or employed or intended to be engaged or employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful.

the fitting out of vessels, or making of loans or guarantees on shipping of goods for the above purposes;
the serving on board ships employed for any of such purposes;
or the insuring of slaves or slave adventures.
Penalty for dealing in slaves, or exporting or importing them, &c.                                                                                3. If any persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be dealt with as slaves; or shall carry away or remove or contract for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall import or bring or contract for the importing or bringing into any place whatsoever slaves or other persons as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being imported or brought into any place whatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for each and every slave so dealt or traded in, purchased, sold, bartered, or transferred, carried away, removed, imported, brought, shipped, transhipped, embarked, received, detained, or confined on board, or so contracted for as aforesaid; the one moiety thereof to the use of his Majesty, and the other moiety to the use of any person who shall inform, sue, and prosecute for the same; and all property or pretended property in such slaves or persons as aforesaid shall also be forfeited, and the said slaves or persons shall and may be seized and prosecuted as herein-after is mentioned and provided.

Ships fitted out for slave trade to be forfeited.                                                                                4. If any persons shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ, let or take to freight or on hire, or contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting or taking to freight or on hire, any ship, vessel, or boat, in order to accomplish any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, such ship, vessel, or boat, together with all her boats, guns, tackle, apparel, and furniture, and together likewise with all property, goods, or effects found on board belonging to the owner or owners, part owner or part owners of any such ship, vessel, or boat, shall become forfeited, and may and shall be seized and prosecuted as herein-after is mentioned and provided.

Penalty for embarking capital in the slave trade, &c.                                                                                5. If any persons shall knowingly and wilfully lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or shall contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming security for the loan or advance of money, goods, or effects employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence double the value of all the money, goods, and effects so lent, advanced, or secured or so contracted for as aforesaid, to be recovered and applied as is herein-after mentioned and provided.

Penalty for guaranteeing slave adventures.                                                                                6. If any persons shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee or security, or contract for the becoming guarantee or security, for agents employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, or shall in any other manner engage or contract to engage directly or indirectly therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence double the value of all the money, goods, and effects so by them secured or contracted so to be as aforesaid, to be recovered and applied as is herein-after mentioned and provided.

Penalty for shipping goods, &c. to be employed in the slave trade.                                                                                7. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, any money, goods, or effects to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence double the value of all the money, goods, and effects so shipped, transhipped, laden, received, or put on board, or contracted so to be as aforesaid, to be recovered and applied as is herein-after mentioned and provided.

Penalty for insuring slaves or slave adventures.                                                                                8. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully insure or contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property or other subject matter engaged or employed, or intended to be engaged or employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the person so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for every such insurance or contract for the same, and also treble the amount of the premium of any such insurance or contract for the same, the one moiety thereof to the use of his Majesty, and the other moiety to the use of any person who shall inform, sue, and prosecute for the same, and every such insurance shall be absolutely null and void.

Subjects of his Majesty, &c. dealing in slaves on the high seas, &c. to be deemed guilty of piracy.                                                        9. If any subject or subjects of his Majesty, or any person or persons residing or being within any of the dominions, forts, settlements, factories, or territories now or hereafter belonging to his Majesty, or being in his Majesty’s occupation or possession or under the government of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, shall, upon the high seas, or in any haven, river, creek, or place where the admiral has jurisdiction, knowingly and wilfully carry away, convey, or remove or aid, or assist in carrying away, conveying, or removing, any person or persons as a slave or slaves, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country, territory, or place whatsoever, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being sold, transferred, used, or dealt with as a slave or slaves, or shall upon the high seas, or within the jurisdiction aforesaid, knowingly and wilfully ship, embark, receive, detain, or confine, or assist in shipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining, on board any ship, vessel, or boat, any person or persons for the purpose of his, her, or their being carried away, conveyed, or removed as a slave or slaves, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country, territory, or place whatsoever, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being sold, transferred, used, or dealt with as a slave or slaves, then and in every such case the person or persons so offending shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of piracy, felony, and robbery, . . .

Persons dealing in slaves or removing or exporting or importing slaves;                                                                                10. If any persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be dealt with as slaves, or shall carry away or remove, or contract for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves, or shall import or bring, or contract for the importing or bringing into any place whatsoever slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves, or shall ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being imported or brought into any place whatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ, let or take to freight or on hire, or contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting, or taking to freight or on hire any ship, vessel, or boat, in order to accomplish any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall knowingly and wilfully lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming security for the loan or advance, of money, goods, or effects employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee or security, or contract for the becoming guarantee or security, for agents employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, or in any other manner to engage or to contract to engage directly or indirectly therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise; or shall knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, money, goods, or effects to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall take the charge or command, or navigate, or enter and embark on board, or contract for the taking the charge or command, or for the navigating or entering and embarking on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, as captain, master, mate, surgeon, or supercargo, knowing that such ship, vessel, or boat is actually employed or is, in the same voyage or upon the same occasion in respect of which they shall so take the charge or command, or navigate or enter and embark, or contract so to do as aforesaid, intended to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall knowingly and wilfully insure or contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property or other subject matter engaged or employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall wilfully and fraudulently forge or counterfeit and certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, copy of sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or any receipt (such receipts being require by this Act), or any part of such certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, copy of sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or receipt as aforesaid; or shall knowingly and wilfully utter or publish the same, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited, with intent to defraud his Majesty, or any other person or persons whatsoever, or any body politic or corporate; then and in every such case the person or persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall be and are hereby declared to be felons, and shall be transported beyond seas for a term not exceeding fourteen years, or shall be confined and kept to hard labour for a term not exceeding five years, nor less than three years, at the discretion of the court before whom such offender or offenders shall be tried and convicted.

or fitting out slave ships;
or embarking capital, &c. in the slave trade;
or guaranteeing slave adventurers;
or shipping goods, &c. to be employed in the slave trade;
or serving on board slave ships as captain, master, surgeon, &c.;
or insuring slaves or slave adventures;
or forging instruments relating to the slave laws;
declared guilty of felony, &c.
Seamen, &c. serving on board such ships declared guilty of a misdemeanor, &c.                                                                              11. If any persons shall enter and embark on board, or contract for the entering and embarking on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, as petty officer, seaman, marine, or servant, or in any other capacity not herein-before specifically mentioned, knowing that such ship, vessel, or boat is actually employed or is, in the same voyage or upon the same occasion in respect of which they shall so enter and embark on board, or contract so to do as aforesaid, intended to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall be and they are hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor only, and shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

Making any offence piracy, felony, &c. shall not affect the provisions of this Act, imposing forfeitures or penalties for any such offence.                12. Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained, making piracies, felonies, robberies, and misdemeanors of the several offences aforesaid, shall be construed to repeal, annul, or alter the provisions and enactments in this Act also contained, imposing forfeitures and penalties or either of them upon the same offences, or to repeal, annul or alter the remedies given for the recovery thereof; but that the said provisions and enactments imposing forfeitures and penalties shall in all respects be deemed and taken to be in full force,
[Ss. 13–38 rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88. s. 30.]
Mortgages, &c. given for purposes hereby declared unlawful shall be void, except in case of bonâ fide purchasers of negotiable securities without notice.  39. Every mortgage, bond, bill, note, or other security, made in or to accomplish any of the objects or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have by this Act been declared unlawful, shall, except in the case of a bonâ fide purchaser or holder of any such of the said securities as are in their nature negotiable, who may have purchased or obtained the same without notice that the same were made or given for any such unlawful purposes, be void.

Offenders giving information against owners of vessels, &c. to be exempted from penalties.                                                                 40. Provided always, that if any person or persons offending as a petty officer, seaman, marine, or servant, against any of the provisions of this Act, shall, within two years after the offence committed, give information on oath before any competent magistrate against any owner or part owner, or any captain, master, mate, surgeon, or supercargo of any ship or vessel, who shall have committed any offence against this Act, and shall give evidence on oath against such owner or part owner, captain, master, mate, surgeon, or supercargo, before any magistrate or court before whom such offender may be tried; or if such person or persons so offending shall give information to any of his Majesty’s ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, envoys, charges d’affaires, consuls, residents, or other agents, so that any person or persons owing such ship or vessel, or navigating or taking charge of the same, as captain, master, mate, surgeon, or supercargo, may be apprehended; such person or persons so giving information and evidence shall not be liable to any of the pains or penalties under this Act incurred in respect of his offence, and his Majesty’s ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, envoys, chargés d’affaires, consuls, residents, or other agents, are hereby required to receive any such information as aforesaid, and to transmit the particulars thereof, without delay, to one of his Majesty’s principal secretaries of state, and to transmit copies of the same to the commanders of his Majesty’s ships or vessels then being in the said port or place,
[Ss. 41–46 rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88. s. 30.]
Limitation of suits, &c. for penalties and forfeitures.                                                                                47. All actions, suits, bills, indictments, or informations, for the recovery of any of the penalties or forfeitures under this Act, may be commenced, had, brought, sued, exhibited, or prosecuted at any time within five years after the offence committed, by reason whereof such penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred: Provided always, that where any slave or slaves have been, or shall at any time have been illegally imported, nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent proceeding being commenced to obtain the condemnation or forfeiture thereof, but that the said slave or slaves so illegally imported shall and may be condemned and forfeited at any time after such illegal importation.

No limitation to suits for condemnation and forfeiture of slaves illegally imported.

[Residue of Act, ss. 48–82, rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88. s. 30.]


Amendment of Acts.
Reduction of interest on future local loans on the security of local rates.                          1. The rates of interest at which loans may be made out of the Local Loans Fund on the security of local rates may be fixed by the Treasury from time to time, having regard to the duration of the loans, and shall be such rates not less than two and three quarters per cent. per annum as in the opinion of the Treasury are sufficient to enable such loans to be made without loss to the Local Loans Fund.

Raising of money for local loans. 50 & 51 Vict. c. 16.                                               2.—(1) The provisions of the National Debt and Local Loans Act, 1887, with respect to local loans stock shall, as respects any stock hereafter issued, be construed as if the rate of interest and period fixed by the Treasury were substituted therein respectively for the rate of three per cent. per annum, and the expiration of twenty-five years after the commencement of the Act.

50 & 51 Vict. c. 16.
(2) Any money which can be raised by the issue of local loans stock may be borrowed from the National Debt Commissioners by a bond for such term and in such form as the Treasury direct, on the security of the charge created by this Act, and shall be paid to the Local Loans Fund, and the nominal amount of local loans stock which can be created shall be reduced by the amount of the money so borrowed.
(3) The principal and interest of all money secured by any such bond shall be charged on and paid out of the Local Loans Fund, and if and so far as that is insufficient the Consolidated Fund, and all sums so paid out of the Consolidated Fund to meet any such deficiency shall be an advance to be repaid out of the Local Loans Fund, and if not so repaid shall be repaid out of moneys provided by Parliament, and the provisions of the National Debt and Local Loans Act, 1887, respecting the income account of the Local Loans Fund shall apply as if the said interest were the dividends on local loans stock.

[S. 3 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
Income account and surplus income of Local Loans Fund.                                               4. [Sub-s. (1) rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

(2) . . . . The income account of the Local Loans Fund shall be charged with such sum in respect of expenses in connexion with local loans as the Treasury direct.
(3) If it is shown by the income account of the Local Loans Fund for any financial year that the income is in excess of the expenditure, that excess shall be carried to a separate account to be applied as Parliament may direct, and until such application shall be invested either in advances for local loans or in the purchase of securities in which the National Debt Commissioners are authorised to invest money held by them on account of savings banks, and the annual income shall be invested in like manner, and accumulated.

Substitution of interest for receiver’s fees on arrears.                                             5. Where any sum payable in respect of any loan made by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland since the twenty-eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two (whether such sum is payable for interest, or as an instalment of principal, or as a periodical payment of an annuity or rentcharge, or otherwise), is in arrear for more than thirty-one days next after the date at which the sum became due, there shall be payable to those Commissioners interest on the said sum at the rate of five per cent. per annum from the said date, and such interest shall be charged, payable, and recoverable in like manner as the said sum. Provided that such interest shall not be payable by any person other than the person liable for the same at the date at which it became due.

55 & 56 Vict. c. 61.
[Ss. 6–9 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
Extension of period of repayment of certain loans under 43 & 44 Vict. c. 8.                          10. Notwithstanding anything in the Isle of Man Loans Act, 1880, or any Act incorporated with that Act, money borrowed after the commencement of this Act under that Act or any amending enactment, for the purpose of repaying any outstanding part of any loan previously so borrowed, may be repaid within sixty years from the date of the first borrowing under that Act.

Application of Act to loans under 55 & 56 Vict. c. 43; 60 & 61 Vict. c. 6; and 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.  11. The provisions of this Act with respect to loans on the security of a local rate shall extend—
(a) to loans under the Military Lands Acts, 1892 and 1897, on the security of land, and of a grant out of money provided by Parliament; and
(b) to loans under section six hundred and sixty-three of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, on the security of the [1] Mercantile Marine Fund, or of the several dues, rates, fees, and payments to be carried to that fund, or of any part thereof.

Miscellaneous.
Definitions, construction, and short title.                                                          12.—(1) The expression “local rate” means any rate levied or assessed, the proceeds of which are applicable to public local purposes, and which is levied on the basis of a valuation of property, and includes any sum which though obtained in the first instance by a precept, certificate, or other instrument requiring payment from some authority or officer, is or can be ultimately raised out of a rate as before defined.

38 & 39 Vict. c. 89.
(2) The expression “security of a local rate” includes a security guaranteed by any such local rate.
(3) This Act shall be deemed to be a special Act within the meaning of the Public Works Loans Act, 1875.

[Sub-s. (4) rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
(5) This Act may be cited as the Public Works Loans Act, 1897.

[Scheds. rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
[1 Short title, “The Public Works Loans Act, 1897.” See s. 12 (5).]

[1 Now the General Lighthouse Fund, see 61 & 62 Vict. c. 44, s. 1 (1) (c).]


[6th December, 2020]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Act 2020.
(2) The Credit Union Acts 1997 to 2018 and this Act (other than Part 4 ) may be cited together as the Credit Union Acts 1997 to 2020 and shall be read together as one.
(3) 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.

Definitions
2. In this Act—
“Act of 2012” means the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 ;
“dissolution day” means the day appointed as the dissolution day under section 6 ;
“dissolved body” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 ;
“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;
“relevant authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 (1) of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 .

Expenses
3. 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.

Repeal of certain provisions of Act of 2012
4. The following provisions of the Act of 2012 are repealed:
(a) sections 40 to 46;
(b) subsections (1) to (3) and subsection (6) of section 47;
(c) section 49;
(d) subsections (3)(a), (4) and (5) of section 50;
(e) sections 51 to 55;
(f) subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 56;
(g) subsections (2)(a) and (5) of section 57;
(h) subsection (2) of section 59;
(i) subsection (1) of section 60;
(j) subsections (2) and (3) of section 65.
Saver
5. Regulations made by the dissolved body under section 47 of the Act of 2012 and in force immediately before the dissolution day shall, notwithstanding the repeal of subsection (1) of section 47 of the Act of 2012 by section 4 , continue in force on and after that day as if made by the Minister.

PART 2
Dissolution of Credit Union Restructuring Board
Dissolution of Credit Union Restructuring Board
6. (1) On the dissolution day the Credit Union Restructuring Board (in this Act referred to as the “dissolved body”) shall stand dissolved.
(2) The Minister may, by order, appoint a day to be the dissolution day for the purposes of this Act.

Transfer of certain functions of dissolved body to Minister
7. (1) The functions vested in the dissolved body immediately before the dissolution day by or under subsections (4) and (5) of section 47, subsection (1) of section 48 and subsection (3) of section 50 of the Act of 2012 are transferred to the Minister.
(2) The functions vested in the dissolved body as a relevant authority immediately before the dissolution day by or under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 are transferred to the Minster.
(3) References in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Credit Union Restructuring Board, to the extent that such references relate to a function transferred to the Minister under this section, shall be construed as references to the Minister.
(4) This section shall come into operation on the dissolution day.

Transfer of property
8. (1) On the dissolution day all property (other than land), including choses-in-action, that immediately before that day, was vested in the dissolved body shall stand vested in the Minister without any assignment.
(2) Every chose-in-action vested in the Minister by virtue of subsection (1) may, on and from the dissolution day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by the Minister in his or her own name, and it shall not be necessary for the Minister, or the dissolved body, to give notice to any person bound by the chose-in-action of the vesting effected by that subsection.

Transfer of rights and liabilities
9. (1) All rights and liabilities of the dissolved body arising by virtue of any contract or commitment (expressed or implied) entered into by it before the dissolution day shall on that day stand transferred to the Minister.
(2) Every right and liability transferred by subsection (1) to the Minister may, on and after the dissolution day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by or against the Minister in his or her own name, and it shall not be necessary for the Minister, or the dissolved body, to give notice to the person whose right or liability is transferred by that subsection of such transfer.

Liability for loss occurring before dissolution day
10. (1) A claim in respect of any loss or injury alleged to have been suffered by any person arising out of the performance before the dissolution day of any of the functions of the dissolved body shall, on and after that day, lie against the Minister and not against the dissolved body.
(2) Any legal proceedings pending immediately before the dissolution day to which the dissolved body is a party shall be continued, with the substitution in the proceedings of the Minister, in so far as they so relate, for the dissolved body.
(3) Where, before the dissolution day, agreement has been reached between the parties concerned in settlement of a claim to which subsection (1) relates, the terms of which have not been implemented, or judgment in such a claim has been given in favour of a person but has not been enforced, the terms of the agreement or judgment, as the case may be, shall, in so far as they are enforceable against the dissolved body, be enforceable against the Minister and not the dissolved body.
(4) Any claim made or proper to be made by the dissolved body in respect of any loss or injury arising from the act or default of any person before the dissolution day shall, on or after that day, be regarded as having been made by or proper to be made by the Minister and may be pursued and sued for by the Minister as if the loss or injury had been suffered by the Minister.

Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities
11. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the dissolution day by or under the authority of the dissolved body may be carried on or completed on or after the dissolution day by the Minister.
(2) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function transferred by section 7 , shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the dissolution day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Minister.
(3) References to the Credit Union Restructuring Board in the memorandum or articles of association of any company and relating to a function transferred to the Minister under section 7 shall, on and after the dissolution day, be construed as references to the Minister.
(4) Any money, stocks, shares or securities transferred to the Minister by section 8 that immediately before the dissolution day were standing in the name of the dissolved body shall, on the request of the Minister, be transferred into the name of the Minister.
(5) A certificate signed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that any property, right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Minister under section 8 or section 9 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes.

Records of dissolved body
12. Each record held by the dissolved body immediately before the dissolution day shall on that day stand transferred to the Minister and shall, on and from that day, be the property of the Minister and be regarded as being held by the Minister.

Final accounts of dissolved body
13. (1) As soon as may be after the dissolution day, but not later than one year thereafter, the Minister shall cause to be prepared final accounts of the dissolved body in respect of the period specified under subsection (3).
(2) Accounts prepared pursuant to this section shall be submitted as soon as may be by the Minister to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit and immediately after the audit, a copy of the accounts as audited and a copy of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the accounts shall be presented to the Minister who shall cause copies of those audited accounts and that report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may specify a period that is longer or shorter than a financial year of the dissolved body.

PART 3
Amendment of Act of 2012
Amendment of section 47 of Act of 2012
14. Section 47 of the Act of 2012 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):
“(5) The Minister may recover as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, from a person by whom the fee is payable, any amount due and owing to ReBo in respect of a levy charged under the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 557 of 2015 ), the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2016 ) or the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 283 of 2017).”.

Amendment of section 48 of Act of 2012
15. Section 48 of the Act of 2012 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
“(1) The ReBo levy charged under the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2015, the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2016 or the Credit Union Fund (ReBo Levy) Regulations 2017 shall be collected by the Minister.”.

Amendment of section 50 of Act of 2012
16. Section 50 of the Act of 2012 is amended—
(a) by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “The Minister” for “ReBo”, and
(b) by the substitution, in paragraph (b) of subsection (6), of “the Minister” for “ReBo”.

Amendment of section 57 of Act of 2012
17. Section 57 of the Act of 2012 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (2):
“(c) to meet the expenses incurred by the Minister in the performance of his or her functions under this Act and to meet any expenses relating to and associated with the dissolution of ReBo,”,
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):
“(4) Subject to subsection (4A), the Minister may transfer any moneys from the Credit Union Fund into the Central Fund.”,
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):
“(4A) Moneys for the provision of stabilisation support in accordance with Part 4 shall not be transferred from the Credit Union Fund to the Central Fund.”,
(d) by the substitution, in subsection (7), of “subsection (6)” for “subsections (5) and (6)”, and
(e) by the substitution, in subsection (8), of “subsection (6)” for “subsections (5) or (6)”.

Amendment of section 59 of Act of 2012
18. Section 59 of the Act of 2012 is amended—
(a) in subsection (4), by—
(i) the substitution of “subsection (3)” for “subsection (2)”, and
(ii) the deletion, in paragraph (a), of “providing financial support for the restructuring of credit unions under this Part or”,
(b) by the substitution, in subsection (5), of “subsection (3)” for “subsection (2)”, and
(c) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (6):
“(a) shall consult with the Bank and the Credit Union Advisory Committee, and”.

Amendment of section 65 of Act of 2012
19. Section 65 of the Act of 2012 is amended in subsection (1) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “Subject to section 64,” for “Subject to subsection (2) and section 64,”.

PART 4
Miscellaneous Amendments
Amendment of section 33AK of Central Bank Act 1942
20. Section 33AK of the Central Bank Act 1942 is amended in subsection (5) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (aja) (inserted by subsection (3) of section 56 of the Act of 2012):
“(aja) to the Minister that is required for the performance of the Minister’s functions under the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 , or”.

Amendment of section 61H of Central Bank Act 1942
21. Section 61H of the Central Bank Act 1942 is amended in subsection (4) by the deletion of paragraph (ca) (inserted by subsection (2) of section 48 of the Act of 2012).

Amendment of Schedule 1 to Freedom of Information Act 2014
22. Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 is amended in Part 1 by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e):
“(e) the Minister for Finance, insofar as it relates to any records held by that Minister containing personal or confidential information (including confidential financial or commercial information) concerning the business of any person, held by the Minister for the purposes of performing any of his or her statutory functions under the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 , other than where that information is presented in such a manner (whether aggregated, summarised or otherwise, or relating to more than one person) that ensures that no such personal or confidential information is disclosed and that no person can be identified from the records or information concerned;”.


15 & 16 Vict c. 63.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 7.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 8.
‘Whereas an Act was passed in the Session holden in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, Chapter Sixty-three, to amend the Laws relating to the Valuation of rateable Property in Ireland: And whereas the said Act was amended by an Act passed in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, Chapter Seven, and by an Act passed in the Seventeenth Year of Her Majesty’s Reign, Chapter Eight: And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the Applotment of Grand Jury Assessments:’ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’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:
When General Valuation completed, Assessments to be assessed according to final List.                                                       I. When the General Valuation of rateable Property has been or shall be completed in any County in Ireland, all Grand Jury Assessments to be made in such County shall be applotted and paid upon and in respect of the Property liable thereto by a Poundage Rate according to the net annual Value of the several Tenements and Hereditaments as set forth in the final List of such Valuation so completed, and when and so often as such Valuation shall be revised under the Laws in force for the Purpose of such Revision, all such Assessments as aforesaid shall thenceforward be applotted and paid upon and in respect of such revised Valuation.

Tolls of Roads, &c. liable to Poor Rates liable to Grand Jury Rates, &c.                                                                    II. All Tolls of Roads, Bridges, Railways, Canals, Gas and Water Works, and all other Hereditaments, Tenements, Premises, and Half Rents, which are liable to Rates for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, shall be liable to the Payment of Grand Jury Rates and County Cess, according to the annual Value thereof or the Amount of Half Rent payable in respect thereof, as the Case may be, as contained in the final Lists of Valuation.

Applotment to be made by County Treasurer.                                                                                III. Such Applotment shall be made by the Treasurer of each County, anything in the Act of the Sixth and Seventh William the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, or the Act of the Seventh and Eighth Victoria, Chapter One hundred and six, or any Act amending the said Acts or either of them, to the contrary notwithstanding, and shall be entered in a Book signed by such Treasurer, and by him kept open in his Office at all reasonable Times for public Inspection; and in making such Applotment by such Poundage Rate it shall not be necessary to take into account any smaller Fraction than the One Fourth of a Penny in the Pound; and wherever it should occur that the Poundage Rate has to be applotted on a less Amount of Value than One Pound, it shall not be necessary to take into account any smaller Amount of Value than One Eighth of a Pound; and no Rate or Assessment so made or applotted shall be vitiated or affected by reason of any Excess, Deficiency, or Difference between any Sum or Sums authorized to be applotted or raised and the Sum or Sums actually applotted, provided that the same shall have arisen from such Fraction of One Fourth of a Penny, or from no smaller Value than One Eighth of a Pound being rated.

Treasurer to deliver Copy of Applotment to Collectors of County Cess, who shall pay Collections to County Treasurers.                       IV. The Treasurer of each County in which the Grand Jury Assessments shall have been applotted under this Act shall, within Two Months after he shall have received from the Clerk of the Crown the Copies of the Presentments of the preceding Assizes, make out and deliver to each Collector a fair Copy of so much of such Applotment as shall relate to the Barony, Division, or other District within which such Collector shall be authorized to collect Grand Jury or County Cess, and shall annex thereto under the Hand and Seal of such Treasurer a Warrant authorizing such Collector to collect and levy the respective Sums in such Copy mentioned, and upon Receipt thereof such Collector shall and may proceed to collect, levy, and enforce Payment thereof, and shall lodge the Amount collected from Time to Time in the County Bank to the Credit of the Treasurer of the County, and shall not at any Time retain in his Hands more than One hundred Pounds, but shall lodge the same in the County Bank with all convenient Expedition; and in all Actions and Proceedings for Recovery of or in relation to any Assessment made or applotted under the Provisions of this Act the original Applotment Book, or the Copy of so much thereof as shall be delivered by any Treasurer to any Collector of Grand Jury or County Cess, shall be received and taken, without further Proof or Oath, as prim[html] facie Evidence of the due making of the Assessment and Applotment therein mentioned, and of the several other Matters and Statements therein respectively contained and set forth; and in the Absence of such Applotment or collecting Book a Copy of such Applotment Book, or of so much thereof as shall relate to the Assessment in question, certified by the Treasurer, shall be in like Manner received and taken as prim[html] facie Evidence of the several Matters aforesaid; and each Treasurer with whom such Applotment Book shall be deposited shall furnish certified Copies thereof or Extracts therefrom to any Person requiring the same, upon being paid One Shilling for the first Seventy-two Words, and Three Halfpence for every succeeding Seventy-two Words contained in such Copy or Extract.

In Actions as to Assessments, Applotment Book, &c. to be Evidence.

Copies of Applotment Book to be furnished when required.
Grand Jury to present Amount of Expenses of Applotment.                                                                                V. When the Treasurer or other Officer of any County, with the Sanction of the Grand Jury, shall have incurred or shall incur any necessary and proper Expenses in making such Applotments, for Payment of which no Provision is made by Law, it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, without previous Application to Presentment Sessions, to present, to be raised off and paid by such County, all such necessary and proper Expenses as aforesaid, including the Expense of providing and preparing such Books and Copies as aforesaid, as such Grand Jury may deem reasonable.

Grand Jury may re-present Sums uncollected by reason of Change of Boundaries, &c.                                                           VI. Where Sums have been or shall hereafter be presented by any Grand Jury in Ireland, and applotted on any Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and where, owing to the Alteration of Boundaries or other Causes, it has been or may be found impossible to collect the Sums applotted on any such Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments respectively, or the Occupiers thereof, it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, without any previous Application to Presentment Sessions, to re-present all such Sums so remaining unpaid to be paid by the several and respective Townlands, Baronies, or Half Baronies within which the Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments on which or in respect whereof the Sums remaining unpaid have been or shall hereafter be so applotted as aforesaid shall be situate: Provided always, that in all Cases where the Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments so charged as aforesaid can be traced out or identified, such Sums so remaining due on such Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments shall be re-presented thereon: Provided also, that no such Re-presentment shall in any Case be made by the said Grand Jury without previous Examination on Oath (which Oath may be administered by the Foreman of the said Grand Jury, or any Member thereof, in the Presence of the said Grand Jury,) as to the Inability of the Collector to levy same, owing to the Insolvency of the Parties chargeable therewith, or to the Difficulty of tracing out or identifying such Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or other sufficient Cause, notwithstanding all reasonable Exertions having been made by the Collector of such Arrears to enforce Payment thereof, and also that a List or Schedule of such Arrears, and of the Houses, Tenements, or Hereditaments upon which or in respect whereof the Sums remaining unpaid have been applotted, and of the Names of the Parties chargeable therewith, has been duly posted by such Collector at the usual Place for posting Notices for Presentments within the Barony, Division, or other District within which such Collector shall be authorized to collect Grand Jury or County Cess Ten Days at least previous to the First Day of the Assizes at which the said Sums are intended to be re-presented; and it shall be competent for any Parties interested to object to the Re-presentment of such Sums, or any Part thereof, and the Grand Jury shall hear the Objections of such Parties upon their applying to be heard before the Re-presentment is made.

Proceedings against certain Persons not to be commenced after Two Years.                                                                    VII. With reference to any Sums of Grand Jury Cess to be presented after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful to commence any Proceeding for the Recovery of any Sum in arrear or unpaid against any Person not primarily liable to pay the same after the Expiration of Two Years from the Date of the original Presentment thereof, anything in this or any former Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Grand Juries may divide Baronies for Purposes of Collection.                                                                                VIII. In any Case in which from the Extent or other Circumstances of a Barony it may appear expedient to divide the same for the Purpose of Collection, it shall and may be lawful for the Grand Jury to make a Presentment for the Purpose of effecting such Division, setting forth in such Presentment the Parishes or Townlands constituting such Divisions or Portions of the Barony, and when such Presentment shall be fiated by the Court the Parishes or Townlands set forth therein shall, for all Purposes belonging to the Duties or Functions of the Collector, be taken to be separate Portions of the Barony; and it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, if they shall think fit, to appoint One Collector for every such Portion of a Barony, and the Collector so appointed for a Portion of a Barony shall be subject to all the Provisions and have all the Powers in force by Law with regard to the Collector of any Barony.

Provisions of 13 & 14 Vict. c. 82. extended to County of Dublin.                                                                            IX. ‘Whereas Difficulties have of late attended the levying and Collection of Grand Jury Cess in the County of Dublin:’ Be it enacted, That the Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act to extend the Remedies for the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Ireland, be extended to the said County of Dublin.

Grand Jury may allow Poundage Rate for Collection.                                                                                X. It shall and may be lawful for the Grand Jury of any County from Time to Time to present to be paid to each or any of the Collectors of Grand Jury Cess in such County such Rates of Poundage for the Collection of Grand Jury Cess as they shall think fit, not exceeding One Shilling in the Pound on the Amount of the Collection, anything in any Act or Acts limiting such Poundage to a less Sum than One Shilling in the Pound to the contrary notwithstanding,
As to Securities for Cess Collectors.                                                                                XI. It shall and may be lawful for the Grand Jury, if they shall so think fit, to accept of Two or more than Two sufficient Sureties, joining any Collector in a Bond as Securities for such Collector in the Manner and under the Terms now by Law provided, anything in the Acts relating to the giving of such Security limiting the Number of such Sureties to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 32 of 10 & 11 Vict. c. ccliii. repealed, and Grand Jury Cess to be henceforward levied in Rathmines District on General Valuation.  XII. ‘Whereas under the Thirty-second Section of the “Rathmines Improvement Act, 1847,” the Finance Committee of the County of Dublin, in apportioning the Sum payable by the Rathmines District, are required to adopt the Valuation furnished by the Rathmines Improvement Commissioners to said Finance Committee under the said before-mentioned Section: And whereas the General Valuation of rateable Property on the said District is now completed under the several Acts relating thereto, and it is desirable to repeal said Clause;’ Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act said Thirty-second Section of the Rathmines Improvement Act be and the same is hereby repealed; and it shall and may be lawful for the Finance Committee of the County of Dublin to apportion on said Rathmines District all future Sums assessable therefrom under the Grand Jury Presentments upon the General Valuation of rateable Property so completed as aforesaid.

Rates not to be affected by Errors, &c. in Valuation.                                                                                XIII. No Rate or Assessment made or hereafter to be made shall be in any Matter affected by reason of any Omission of the Clerk of any Board of Guardians, or other Person appointed in his Place, to give or post the Notices of the making of such Valuation or Revision required to be posted or given by said several recited Statutes or any of them, or by reason of any Error, Omission, Misdescription, or Variance in the making of such Valuation or Revision, and it shall not be necessary in any Suit or other Proceeding for Recovery of or in relation to any such Rate or Assessment or any Part thereof, or in relation to such Valuation or Revision thereof, to give Evidence of the Performance of any of the Preliminaries required in the making of such Valuation or Revision.

Ridings of Counties to be deemed separate Counties.                                                                                XIV. Where any County in Ireland has been or shall be divided into Ridings under the Act of the Sixth and Seventh William the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, or any subsequent Act, each such Riding shall, for the Purposes of this Act, be deemed a separate County.

Personal Service of Notice requiring Payment to be deemed good Service.                                                                     XV. ‘Whereas Difficulties have of late presented themselves in Proceedings before Magistrates for Recovery of Grand Jury Cess, by reason of the Residences of Parties liable to the Payment thereof not being sufficiently known or capable of Proof:’ Be it enacted, That in addition and without Prejudice to the Remedies provided by Law for Recovery of Grand Jury Cess, that Personal Service of Notice requiring Payment on the Party so liable shall be deemed and considered to be good and sufficient Service, anything to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

Vacancies in Office of Survey or in County of Dublin may be filled up by Finance Committee in certain Cases.                                XVI. Whenever the Office of Surveyor for any Road District in the County of Dublin shall become vacant between any Two Presenting Terms, it shall be lawful for the Finance Committee, if it shall appear to them necessary so to do, to appoint from amongst the Persons duly qualified in that Behalf a Surveyor for such District, and the Surveyor so appointed shall hold and exercise the said Office in all respects as if he had been appointed thereto under the Act of the Seventh and Eighth Victoria, Chapter One hundred and six, and the Acts amending the same, until a new Appointment shall have been made under said Acts.

If Contractor for Repair of Roads be guilty of Neglect Justices may make an Order for Contract to be executed within a certain Period.      XVII. If, in the Opinion of the County Surveyor, the Contractor for the Repair of any Road shall be guilty of Neglect or Inattention in the Performance of his Contract, it shall be lawful for such Surveyor to summon the said Contractor and his Sureties before the Justices at Petty Sessions of the District in which such Work may be situate; and if such Charge of Neglect or Inattention be established before such Justices, it shall be lawful for them to make an Order directing the said Contractor and his Sureties to execute his Contract within a Period to be stated in such Order; and if at the Expiration of such Order the County Surveyor shall still see reason for being dissatisfied with the Manner in which such Work has been executed, it shall be lawful for him again to summon the Contractor and his Sureties before the Justices at Petty Sessions, and the Justices thereupon shall proceed to inquire into and finally adjudicate upon the Complaint; and if it shall appear that such Work has been insufficiently executed, or contrary to the Terms of the Contract, it shall be lawful for such Justices, having ascertained the Amount which it may require for the Completion of such Work according to the Contract, to authorize such Surveyor to complete the same, and to levy such Amount by Warrant of Distress upon the Goods of such Contractor or his Sureties, not exceeding the Amount of the Recognizance or Bond of such Sureties.

Penalty for Neglect.
Penalty on Road Contractor, &c. cutting Sods, &c. to Injury of public Roads.                                                                XVIII. ‘Whereas by the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, Provision is made for the Punishment of Offences on or relating to public Roads in Ireland: And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the Protection of such Roads from Injury:’ Be it enacted, That any Road Contractor or other Person who, without the Authority of a Presentment, or the Consent of the County Surveyor, shall cut any Sods or Turf on the Sides, Fences, or any other Part of any public Road, or dig, raise, or carry away any Sods, Turf, Earth, Clay, Stones, Gravel, or other Material from the Sides or Fences or any other Part of any public Road, Bridge, or Wall, shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Forty Shillings, anything in Section Nine of the said Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Interpretation of certain Terms.                                                                                XIX. In the Construction and for the Purposes of this Act, if not inconsistent with the Context or Subject Matter, the following Expressions shall have the Meanings herein-after assigned to them: The Word “Assizes” shall include Presenting Term; “applot” and “Applotment” shall include “assess” and “Assessment;” and the Word “Treasurer” shall include the Finance Committee and the Secretary of the Grand Jury for the County of Dublin; and the Word “County” shall extend to and include all Counties, Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland (except the County of the City of Dublin); and all the Acts and Duties by this Act required to be performed by Grand Juries and Treasurers of Counties shall and may, in the County of Dublin, be performed at the Presenting Terms by the Grand Jury of the said County and by their Secretary; and the Expression “Grand Jury Assessments” shall mean all County, Baronial, Parochial, Town Land, and other Rates and Assessments to be made or collected in any County by the Grand Jury thereof, or by the Rathmines Improvement Commissioners, or any Officers of such Grand Jury.

Repeal of the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 74.                                                                                XX. The Act of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Victoria, Chapter Seventy-four, is hereby repealed, save as to any Right acquired or Thing done under the said Act.

Limitation of Act.                                                                                XXI. This Act shall not extend to the County of the City of Dublin.


‘Whereas by several Acts of Parliament Debts and Obligations to the Crown, Judgments pending Suits, and Annuities are severally required to be registered in the Office of the Senior Master of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, in order to affect any Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments sought to be charged therewith, and it is expedient to simplify and amend the Practice with respect to the Entry of Satisfaction or Discharge on the Registry thereof respectively:’ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’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:
Provisions of Sections 195, 196, and 197 of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107. extended to all Bonds to the Crown.  I. All the Powers, Provisions, and Regulations concerning Bonds and other Securities relating to the Customs contained in Sections One hundred and ninety-five, One hundred and ninety-six, and One hundred and ninety-seven of the Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, Chapter One hundred and seven, shall, mutatis mutandis, be deemed to extend and shall be applied to all Bonds and other Securities entered into or given to Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors: Provided always, that in every Case in which under the Provisions of the said Sections any Certificate is required to be signed or any other Matter authorized to be done by the Commissioners of Customs, or any Number of them, any such Certificate or Matter in relation to any Bond or other Security concerning or incident to any Public Department shall respectively be signed and done by the respective Commissioners or other principal Officers of such Department, or any Two of them respectively, or if there shall be only One such Commissioner or principal Officer then by him, as the Case may be, or if there shall be no such Commissioner or other principal Officer then by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury or any Two of them.

As to Entry of Satisfaction on Judgments.                                                              II. The Senior Master of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster may, upon the filing with him of an Acknowledgment in the Form or to the Effect following, be at liberty to enter a Satisfaction or Discharge as to any registered Judgment, pending Suit, Lis pendens, Decree, Order, Rule, Annuity, or Rentcharge or Writ of Execution, and such Officer shall be entitled for any such Registry of Satisfaction or Discharge to the Sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence, and no more; and such Senior Master may issue Certificates of the Entry of any Satisfaction or Discharge, and may charge the Sum of One Shilling for every such Certificate.

Form of Acknowledgment of Satisfaction.
Satisfaction is acknowledged between A.B. and C.D.
as to a dated the Day of 18 for the
Sum of £ a Memorandum of which said was left with the Senior
Master of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster on the Day of
18 to affect the Estate of and [if so] on the Writ of
Execution thereon, dated the Day of 18 , a Memorandum of
which was left with the said Master on the Day of 18 .
And (or the Executor or Administrator of) do hereby expressly
nominate and appoint of
Attorney-at-Law, to witness and attest the Execution of this Acknowledgment of Satisfaction.

Signed by the said in the Presence
of me, the undersigned ,
One of the Attorneys of Her Majesty’s Court of
at Westminster, and I hereby declare myself to be the Attorney for and on                                                                        A.B. the above-named
behalf of the said                                                                                }  [or F.G., Executor or Administrator of] the Day of 18 .

expressly named by and attending
at request to inform him of the Nature and Effect of this Acknowledgment of Satisfaction (which I accordingly did before the same was signed
by ), and I also declare that I
subscribe my Name as Witness hereto as such Attorney.