Irish Act, 5 Geo. 3. c. 20.
Presentment of addition to salary of surgeon of infirmary.
WHEREAS by an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the fifth year of his present Majesty’s reign for erecting and establishing public infirmaries or hospitals in Ireland, it is enacted that the surgeons to be chosen or appointed for the respective county infirmaries or hospitals should be paid by the year a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds to be paid out of the public money in manner as in the said recited Act is mentioned: And whereas the said sum, from the great increase in the price of the necessaries of life, and other circumstances, is inadequate to the fair remuneration of the services of such surgeon; and in consequence thereof it has been found impossible in some counties to procure persons properly qualified according to law to accept such situations: Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the grand jury of the several counties in the said recited Act mentioned and of all other counties and counties of cities and counties of towns in Ireland, either at the spring or summer assizes to be holden in and for any such county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland in each year, to present any sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, to be raised in the county at large, or in the county of a city or county of a town, and to be paid to the surgeon of the infirmary or hospital in such county, county of a city, or county of a town; and which sum shall be in addition to the salary which any such surgeon is entitled to receive under or by virtue of the before recited Act of the fifth year of his present Majesty’s reign or of any other Act or Acts in force in Ireland relating to such infirmaries or hospitals. [Rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 91. (S.L.R.)]

[Ss. 1–3 rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 91. (S.L.R.)]
No governor to vote at the election of a surgeon unless he has paid his subscription two years previously.                                                   4. And . . . no annual governor or governors of any such infirmary or hospitals shall be permitted to vote at the election of such infirmary upon any vacancy in such office, unless they shall have respectively paid the subscription by virtue of which they claim a right to vote at such election two years at least before any such vacancy shall have occurred.

A second infirmary may, if necessary, be established, but not within 20 miles of the first; and a surgeon and apothecary may be appointed to attend it, &c.  5. And . . . whenever and so often as the governors of any infirmary or hospital established within and for any county in Ireland shall deem it expedient to establish a second infirmary or hospital within the same county, it shall and may be lawful for them so to do, taking care that such infirmary shall not be situate within ten miles of the infirmary first established; and in such case it shall be lawful for such governors to elect a surgeon and apothecary for the purpose of attending such second or additional infirmary or hospital; and . whenever and so often as to infirmaries shall be so established within any county, it shall and may be lawful for the surgeon and apothecary of each of the said infirmaries or hospitals to receive respectively one half of the emoluments provided for surgeons or apothecaries of infirmaries or hospitals by this Act or any other Acts now in force relating to such infirmaries or hospitals: Provided always, that both such surgeons shall be duly qualified according to law, and that both of them shall have conformed to all and singular the enactments and provisions contained in this Act or in any other Act or Acts now in force relating to such infirmaries or hospitals.

Governors may give a salary to an apothecary, for making up medicines.                                                                                6. And . . . in case the governors of any infirmary or hospital shall deem it most economical or otherwise advisable to procure the medicines for the use of such infirmary from Apothecaries Hall in Dublin or from any wholesale dealer in medicines, it shall be lawful for such governors (out of the funds presented by the grand jury of the county, county of a city, or county of a town, in which such infirmary or hospital shall be situated, for the support of any such infirmary or hospital, by virtue of the powers vested in them by any Act or Acts in force for that purpose) to appropriate and pay to any apothecary who shall have duly served an apprenticeship to the art and mystery of an apothecary a sum by the year not exceeding thirty pounds as a salary for the compounding, making up, preparing, and administering medicines to and for the use of patients of such infirmary or hospital; provided that it shall appear to the satisfaction of such governors that such apothecary hath diligently and faithfully executed the duties of his office as aforesaid.


New Sinking Fund.
Amount of permanent annual charge for National Debt.        1. For the payment of the annual charge on account of the National Debt there shall be issued out of the Consolidated Fund,—

. . . . . . . . . . . .
(c.) During every financial year the sum of [2 twenty-five] million pounds.

The said annual sum (in this Act referred to as the permanent annual charge for the National Debt) shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund, at such times and in such manner as may be required for paying the charges payable thereout, and subject thereto, as the Treasury may from time to time direct, so that the whole amount thereof be issued in each financial year.

[S. 2 rep. 50 & 51 Vict. c. 16. s. 21.]
Application of surplus as new sinking fund to reduce debt.  3.[3] Such portion of the permanent annual charge for the National Debt as is in any financial year not required for the purpose of paying the annual charges directed by this Act to be paid thereout (which portion may hereafter be called the new sinking fund) shall be from time to time issued to the National Debt Commissioners, and shall be applied by them, within six months after the date of the issue thereof, in purchasing, redeeming, or paying off any one or more of the following descriptions of debt, namely, annuities (perpetual or terminable) charged on the Consolidated Fund, and exchequer bonds and exchequer bills (whether held by the public or on account of the Exchequer, or sent into the Bank of England for payment); but the new sinking fund shall not be applied in paying off any advances made by the Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland in pursuance of section twelve of the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1866, or in paying off any loan borrowed under any Act to meet ways and means.

29 & 30 Vict. c. 39.
Old Sinking Fund.
Annual account of income and expenditure.                   4. The Treasury shall, within fifteen days after the expiration of every financial year, prepare an account of the public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom according to the actual receipt and issue of moneys on the Exchequer accounts at the Bank of England and the Bank of Ireland during the said financial year, and shall therein show either the surplus of such income or the excess of such expenditure during the said year:
Provided that issues made for the payment of expenses authorised by any Act other than the annual Appropriation Act, shall not, so far as moneys to meet such issues have been provided out of loans, be deemed for the purpose, of the said account to be part of such expenditure.

A copy of such account, certified by the Controller and Auditor General, shall be laid before the House of Commons within one month after the expiration of the financial year, if Parliament be then sitting or, if not sitting, within one week after the then next meeting of Parliament, and a copy of the account so certified shall also be sent to the National Debt Commissioners.

Application of surplus income to reduce debt.               5.[1] If there appear by the said account for any financial year to be a surplus of income above expenditure for that year, the Treasury shall in the course of the next financial year cause the amount of such surplus (which may be called the old sinking fund) to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund, or the growing produce thereof, at such times during that year as they may from time to time direct.

29 & 30 Vict. c. 39.
The old sinking fund shall be issued to the National Debt Commissioners, and shall be applied by them, within six months after the date of the issue thereof, in purchasing, redeeming, or paying off any one or more of the following descriptions of deb, namely, annuities (perpetual or terminable) charged on the Consolidated Fund, and exchequer bonds and exchequer bills (whether held by the public or on account of the Exchequer, or sent into the Bank of England for payment), and advances made by the Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland in pursuance of section twelve of the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1866, but the old sinking fund shall not be applied in paying off any loan borrowed under any Act to meet ways and means.

[S. 6 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
Miscellaneous.
Accounts of new and old sinking funds                       7. The National Debt Commissioners shall keep such accounts of the application of the old and new sinking funds of each financial year as the Treasury may from time to time direct, and those accounts shall, within one month after the expiration of each financial year, be submitted to the Controller and Auditor General in such form as the Treasury may from time to time direct, and forthwith audited by him.

Before the expiration of two months after the expiration of the said financial year the Controller and Auditor General shall send the said accounts as audited by him to the Treasury, who shall forthwith lay the same before the House of Commons, accompanied by such particulars relating to the new and old sinking funds (to be furnished by the National Debt Commissioners), as the Treasury may from time to time direct.

Supplemental provisions as to new and old sinking funds.    8. The Treasury shall publish from time to time in the London Gazette the sums which will be issued by them in pursuance of this Act in each quarter of a financial year to the National Debt Commissioners.

All annuities, bonds, bills, and loans purchased or redeemed by the National Debt Commissioners in pursuance of this Act shall be forthwith cancelled in such manner as the Treasury may from time to time direct; and any such direction shall be a sufficient indemnity to the Bank of England and the Bank of Ireland for anything done in pursuance thereof.

Definitions.                                                9. In this Act—
The expression “financial year” means the twelve months ending on the thirty-first day of March ;
The expression “loan borrowed under any Act to meet ways and means” means a loan borrowed in pursuance of an Act authorising sums to be borrowed on the credit of any sum which the Treasury are authorised by an Act to issue out of the Consolidated Fund towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty; and
The expression “Consolidated Fund” means the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

Short title.                                                10. This Act may be cited as “The Sinking Fund Act, 1875.”

[1 Short title, “The Sinking Fund Act, 1875.” See s. 10.]
[2 Substituted for twenty-eight by 52 Vict. c. 6. s. 1.]
[3 Ss. 3, 5 apply to Treasury Bills, in like manner as if they were Exchequer Bills, 40 Vict. c. 2. s. 7.]

[1 See note to s. 3.]


[15th May, 2023]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Amendment of section 121 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
1. Section 121 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended in subsection (4A)—
(a) in paragraph (aa)(i), by the insertion of “subject to paragraph (ab),” before “€35,000”,
(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (aa):
“(ab) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the cash equivalent of the benefit of a car ascertained under paragraph (a), for the year of assessment 2023, shall—
(i) where paragraph (aa)(i) applies, be computed on the original market value of the car reduced by—
(I) the amount specified in paragraph (aa)(i), and
(II)€10,000,
and
(ii) where subparagraph (ab)(i) does not apply, for the vehicle categories A, B, C and D set out in column (1) of Table B to this subsection, be computed on the original market value of the car reduced by €10,000.”,
and
(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
“(ba) For the year of assessment 2023, Table A to this subsection shall apply as if—
(i) the lower limit of “52,001” shown in column (1) were replaced by “48,001”, and
(ii) the upper limit of “52,000” shown in column (2) were replaced by “48,000”.

Amendment of section 121A of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
2. Section 121A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended, in subsection (2)(b)—
(a) in subparagraph (vi), by the substitution of “€50,000,” for “€50,000, and”,
(b) in subparagraph (vii)—
(i) in clause (I), by the insertion of “subject to subparagraph (viii),” before “€35,000”, and
(ii) in clause (III), by the substitution of “2025, and” for “2025.”,
and
(c) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (vii):
“(viii) the cash equivalent of the benefit of a van ascertained under subsection (3), for the year of assessment 2023, shall—
(I) where subparagraph (vii)(I) applies, be computed on the original market value of the van reduced by—
(A) the amount specified in subparagraph (vii)(I), and
(B) €10,000,
and
(II) in any other case, be computed on the original market value of the van reduced by €10,000.”.

Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
3. (1) The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended—
(a) in section 285D—
(i) in subsection (1), in the definition of “SME”, by the substitution of “Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 20221 ” for “Commission Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 of 25 June 20142 ”, and
(ii) in subsection (17), by the substitution of “€10,000” for “€60,000”,
(b) in section 604B(1), in the definition of “relevant period”, by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “30 June 2023”,
(c) in section 658A—
(i) in subsection (1), in the definition of “relevant period”, by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “30 June 2023”,
(ii) in subsection (4)(c), by the substitution of “Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 20223 ” for “Commission Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 of 25 June 20144 ”, and
(iii) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “€10,000” for “€60,000”,
(d) in section 667B—
(i) in subsection (5)(b), by the substitution of “31 December 2024” for “30 June 2023”, and
(ii) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 20225 ” for “Commission Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 of 25 June 20146 ”,
and
(e) in section 667C—
(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) the following was substituted for subsection (4):
‘(4) (a) A deduction shall not be allowed under this section in computing a company’s trading income for any accounting period which ends after 31 December 2024.

(b) Any deduction allowed by virtue of this section in computing the profits or gains of a trade of farming for an accounting period of a person other than a company shall not apply for any purpose of the Income Tax Acts for any year of assessment later than the year 2024.’.”,
and
(ii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “31 December 2024” for “30 June 2023”.
(2) (a) The amendments effected by paragraphs (a)(ii) and (c)(iii) of subsection (1) shall apply in respect of a chargeable period where a return for that chargeable period is delivered in accordance with Part 41A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 on or after the date of the passing of this Act.
(b) In this subsection, “chargeable period” and “return” have the same meaning as they have respectively in Part 41A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 .

Amendment of Schedule 2 to Finance Act 1999
4. The Finance Act 1999 is amended with effect as on and from 23 February 2023 by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 2:
“SCHEDULE 2

RATES OF MINERAL OIL TAX
”.
Amendment of Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010
5. The Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 is amended—
(a) with effect as on and from 23 February 2023, in section 46(1)—
(i) in paragraph (caa), by the substitution of “31 October 2023” for “28 February 2023”, and
(ii) in paragraph (cb), by the substitution of “31 August 2023” for “28 February 2023”,
(b) with effect as on and from 1 January 2023, in Part 2 of Schedule 2, in paragraph 11(5), by the substitution of the following clause for clause (a):
“(a) The supply of Covid-19 in vitro diagnostic medical devices where those devices comply with the requirements of European Union legislation (or the law of a Member State giving effect to such legislation) applicable to such devices, including Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 19987 and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 20178 .”,
and
(c) with effect as on and from 1 May 2023—
(i) in Part 2 of Schedule 2, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 13:
“Solar panels
14. The supply and installation of solar panels on or adjacent to immovable goods, being private dwellings.”,
and
(ii) in Part 2 of Schedule 3, in paragraph 9(1), by the insertion of “other than the supply and installation of solar panels as specified in paragraph 14 of Schedule 2,” after “fixtures,”.

Amendment of Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999
6. (1) The Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 is amended—
(a) in section 81AA—
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “EU Regulation”:
“‘EU Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 20229 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as that Regulation may be revised from time to time;”,
(ii) in subsection (11)(c)(i), by the substitution of “3 years” for “4 years”, and
(iii) in subsection (16), by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “30 June 2023”,
and
(b) in section 81C—
(i) in subsection (1)(a), in the definition of “relevant period”, by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “30 June 2023”, and
(ii) in subsection (12), by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “30 June 2023”.
(2) Notwithstanding the amendments effected by paragraph (a) of subsection (1), subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph shall not have effect as respects instruments executed before the date of the passing of this Act.

Amendment of Finance Act 2022
7. (1) The Finance Act 2022 is amended—
(a) in section 100(2)—
(i) with effect as on and from 1 March 2023, in paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of “later than 31 May 2023 (but not later than 31 July 2023)” for “later than 28 February 2023 (but not later than 30 April 2023)”, and
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
“(c) An order under paragraph (a)(i) may, if the order so provides, have retrospective effect.”,
and
(b) in section 101—
(i) with effect as on and from 1 March 2023, in subsection (1), in the definition of “specified period”, by the substitution of “31 May 2023” for “28 February 2023”,
(ii) with effect as on and from 1 September 2022, in subsection (5)—
(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “30 per cent” for “50 per cent”, and
(II) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “30 per cent” for “50 per cent”,
(iii) with effect as on and from 1 March 2023, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7):
“(7) Subject to subsection (9), on making a claim under this section, a qualifying business shall, in respect of a relevant electricity bill or a relevant gas bill, as the case may be, be entitled—
(a) to an amount equal to 40 per cent of the eligible cost as determined in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (6), in respect of claim periods falling within the period beginning on 1 September 2022 and ending on 28 February 2023, and
(b) to an amount equal to 50 per cent of the eligible cost as determined in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (6), in respect of claim periods falling within the period beginning on 1 March 2023 and ending at the end of the specified period,
and any amount payable under this section is referred to in this section as a ‘temporary business energy payment’.”,
(iv) with effect as on and from 1 September 2022, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (10):
“(10) A claim made under this section in respect of a temporary business energy payment shall be made no later than 2 months from the end of the specified period.”,
and
(v) with effect as on and from 1 March 2023, in subsection (30)(a), by the substitution of “31 May 2023” for “28 February 2023”.
(2) The Finance Act 2022 (Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme) (Specified Period) Order 2023 ( S.I. No. 75 of 2023 ) shall be deemed to have been revoked with effect as on and from 1 March 2023.
(3) This section shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Finance 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.

Short title
8. This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 2023.


[Preamble recites 22 & 23 Vict. c. 63 and that it is expedient to afford the like facilities for the better ascertainment, in similar circumstances, of the law of any foreign country or state, with the Government of which Her Majesty may be pleased to enter into a convention for the purpose of mutually ascertaining the law of such foreign country when ‘pleaded in actions depending in any courts within Her Majesty's dominions and the law as administered in any part of Her Majesty's dominions when pleaded in actions depending in the courts of such foreign country or state.]

Superior Courts within Her Majesty's dominions may remit a case, with queries, to a court of any foreign state with which Her Majesty may have made a convention for that purpose, for ascertaining the law of such state as to the facts in question.  1. If, in any action depending in any of the Superior Courts within Her Majesty's dominions, it shall be the opinion of such court that it is necessary or expedient, for the disposal of such act on, to ascertain the law applicable to the facts of the case as administered in any foreign state or country with the Government of which Her Majesty shall have entered into such convention as aforesaid, it shall be competent to the court in which such action may depend to direct a case to be prepared setting forth the facts as these may be ascertained by verdict of jury or other mode competent, or as may be agreed upon by the parties, or settled by such person or persons as may have been appointed by the court for that purpose in the event of the parties not agreeing; and upon such case being approved of by such court or a judge thereof, such court or judge shall settle the questions of law arising out of the same on which they desire to have the opinion of another court, and shall pronounce an order remitting the same, together with the case, to such superior court in such foreign state or country as shall be agreed upon in said convention, whose opinion is desired upon the law administered by such foreign court as applicable to the facts set forth in such case, and requesting them to pronounce their opinion on the questions submitted to them; and upon such opinion being pronounced, a copy thereof, certified by an officer of such court, shall be deemed and held to contain a correct record of such opinion.

Copy of opinion to be lodged in court in which action depends.                                                                                2. It shall be competent to any of the parties to the action, after having obtained such certified copy of such opinion, to lodge the same with the officer of the court within Her Majesty's dominions in which the action may be depending who may have the official charge thereof, together with a notice of motion setting forth that the party will, on a certain day named in such notice, move the court to apply the opinion contained in such certified copy thereof to the facts set forth in the case herein-before specified; and the said court shall thereupon, if it shall see fit, apply such opinion to such facts, in the same manner as if the same had been pronounced by such court itself upon a case reserved for opinion of the court, or upon special verdict of a jury; or the said last-mentioned court shall, if it think fit, when the said opinion has been obtained before trial, order such opinion to be submitted to the jury with the other facts of the case as conclusive evidence of the foreign law therein stated; and the said opinion shall be so submitted to the jury: Provided always, that if after having obtained such certified copy the court shall not be satisfied that the facts had been properly understood by the foreign court to which the case was remitted, or shall on any ground whatsoever be doubtful whether the opinion so certified does correctly represent the foreign law as regards the facts to which it is to be applied, it shall be lawful for such court to remit the said case, either with or without alterations or amendments, to the same or to any other such superior court in such foreign state as aforesaid, and so from time to time as may be necessary or expedient.

Court to apply opinion to the facts set forth in the case, &c.

Remitter of case back to foreign court.
Courts in Her Majesty's dominions shall pronounce opinion on case remitted by a foreign court.                                                                                3. If in any action depending in any court of a foreign country or state with whose Government Her Majesty shall have entered into a convention as above set forth, such court shall deem it expedient to ascertain the law applicable to the facts of the case as administered in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, and if the foreign court in which such action may depend shall remit to the court in Her Majesty's dominions whose opinion is desired a case setting forth the facts and the questions of law arising out of the same on which they desire to have the opinion of a court within Her Majesty's dominions, it shall be competent to any of the parties to the action to present a petition to such last-mentioned court, whose opinion is to be obtained, praying such courts to hear parties or their counsel, and to pronounce their opinion thereon in terms of this Act, or to pronounce their opinion without hearing parties or counsel; and the court to which such petition shall be presented shall consider the same, and, if they think fit, shall appoint an early day for hearing parties or their counsel on such case, and shall pronounce their opinion upon the questions of law as administered by them which are submitted to them by the foreign court; and in order to their pronouncing such opinion they shall be entitled to take such further procedure thereupon as to them shall seem proper: and upon such opinion being pronounced a copy thereof, certified by an officer of such court, shall be given to each of the parties to the action by whom the same shall be required.

Interpretation of terms.                                                                                4. In the construction of this Act the word “action” shall include every judicial proceeding instituted in any court, civil, criminal, or ecclesiastical; and the words “Superior Courts” shall include, in England, the Superior Courts of Law at Westminster, the Lord Chancellor, the Lords Justices, the Master of the Rolls, or any Vice-Chancellor, the judge of the Court of Admiralty, the judge ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and the judge of the Court of Probate; in Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary, and the Court of Session, acting by either of its divisions; in Ireland, the Superior Courts of Law at Dublin, the Master of the Rolls, and the judge of the Admiralty Court; and in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions, the Superior Courts of Law or Equity therein; and in a foreign country or state, any superior court or courts which shall be set forth in any such convention between Her Majesty and the Government of such foreign country or state.

[1 Short title, “The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, 1861” See 55 & 56 Vict. c. 10 ]


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:
Facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere.  1.—(1) Where His Majesty is satisfied that the law in force in any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom makes due provision for the publication of banns or for the giving of notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnized or contracted in the United Kingdom, and for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued by superintendent registrars in England and of certificates for marriage issued by registrars, and certificates of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and of certificates for marriage issued by registrars in Ireland as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnized or contracted in that part of His Majesty's dominions, His Majesty may by Order in Council declare that this section shall apply to that part of His dominions, and in such case—
(a) where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland and a British subject resident in that part of His Majesty's dominions, a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage issued in accordance with such law shall in England have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar, and in Scotland and Ireland have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar in Scotland and Ireland respectively; and
(b) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in that part of His Majesty's dominions between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a superintendent registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnized or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be.
(2) For the purposes of this section the expression “certificate for marriage” in reference to certificates issued in Scotland shall mean a certificate of due publication of notice of intention to marry.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect the existing law or practice relating to the proclamation of banns in Scotland or the issue of certificates of such proclamation.

Extension to protectorates.                                                                                2. His Majesty may by Order in Council extend this Act to any British protectorate, and on the making of any such Order this Act shall, subject to the provisions of the Order, have effect as if the protectorate were part of His Majesty's dominions.

Short title.                                                                                3. This Act may be cited as the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915.


Whereas officers commanding Her Majesty’s ships on foreign stations have permitted marriages to be solemnized according to religious rites or ceremonies, or to be contracted per verba de presenti in the presence of such officers, in the belief that marriages were authorised by law to be so solemnized and contracted, and doubts have arisen with respect to the validity of such marriages, and it is expedient to confirm the same:
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:
Short title.                                                                            1. This Act may be cited as the Confirmation of Marriages on Her Majesty’s Ships Act, 1879.

Confirmation of marriages of British subjects solemnized on board Her Majesty’s ships.  2. All marriages, both of the parties being British subjects, which before the passing of this Act have been solemnized on board one of Her Majesty’s vessels on a foreign station in the presence of the officer commanding such vessel, whether solemnized according to any religious rite or ceremony, or contracted per verba de presenti, shall be valid in like manner as if the same had been solemnized within Her Majesty’s dominions with the due observance of all forms required by law.

Provided that this enactment shall not render valid any marriage which before the passing of this Act has been declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction in any proceeding touching such marriage, or any right dependent on the validity or invalidity thereof, or render valid any marriage where either of the parties has before the passing of this Act and during the life of the other party lawfully intermarried with any person.


A. in the spirit of the State’s commitment to the British-Irish Agreement done at Belfast on the 10th day of April, 1998, and having regard to the State’s membership of the European Union, to make exceptional provision for the reimbursement by the Health Service Executive to eligible persons resident in Northern Ireland of certain medical expenses incurred in a Member State in respect of necessary medical treatment during their stay in that Member State, and
B. having regard to the Common Travel Area between the State and the United Kingdom, to make provision for eligibility of certain persons to apply for financial support under the Affordable Childcare Scheme, and for that purpose to amend the Childcare Support Act 2018,
And to provide for related matters.
[24th October, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Short title, commencement and collective citation
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019.
(2) Parts 1 and 2 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, 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.
(3) Part 3 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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.
(4) A power under this section to appoint a day on which a Part (or a provision thereof) shall come into operation, whether generally or otherwise, includes a power to appoint a particular time, on a particular day, at which the Part (or provision thereof) shall come into operation, whether generally or otherwise, and, accordingly, where a time is so appointed, the Part concerned (or provision thereof) shall come into operation at that time, whether generally or otherwise.
(5) Part 3 and the Childcare Support Act 2018 may be cited together as the Childcare Support Acts 2018 and 2019.

Expenses
2. The expenses incurred by the Minister for Health and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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 monies provided by the Oireachtas.

PART 2
Health
Definitions and application (Part 2)
3. (1) In this Part—
“British citizen” has the same meaning as it has in section 6A (inserted by section 4 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004 ) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 ;
“eligible person” means—
(a) an Irish citizen who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland,
(b) a British citizen who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, or
(c) a citizen of a Member State who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland;
“European Health Insurance Card” means the card issued by the Executive in the State and known as the European Health Insurance Card;
“Executive” means the Health Service Executive;
“medical expenses” means the cost of medical care, and products and services ancillary to that care, that are incurred by an eligible person in respect of necessary medical treatment;
“Member State” means—
(a) a Member State of the European Union, other than the State,
(b) not being such a Member State, a state which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993, and
(c) Switzerland;
“Minister” means the Minister for Health;
“necessary medical treatment” means, in relation to an eligible person, the treatment that becomes medically necessary and which the person would be entitled to receive during a temporary stay in a Member State pursuant to a European Health Insurance Card were he or she the holder of, or entitled to, such card;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 5 .

(2) This Part applies to medical expenses incurred on or after the date on which section 4 comes into operation.

Reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by eligible persons in respect of necessary medical treatment
4. (1) Where an eligible person incurs medical expenses in a Member State, in respect of necessary medical treatment, he or she or a person acting on his or her behalf may apply to the Executive for reimbursement of those expenses.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and manner.
(3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Executive shall reimburse the eligible person, or the person acting on his or her behalf, in the prescribed form and manner, where it is satisfied that—
(a) the person in respect of whom the application is made is an eligible person,
(b) the treatment in respect of which reimbursement is sought is necessary medical treatment, and
(c) he or she, or a person acting on his or her behalf, has complied with this section and any regulations made under section 5 .
(4) When calculating the medical expenses to be reimbursed in accordance with this section, the Executive shall endeavour to ensure that, as far as practicable, it does not assess an application in respect of an eligible person less favourably or more favourably than it would assess an application of a person who is entitled to and holds a European Health Insurance Card.
(5) Where the Executive makes a reimbursement to a person in accordance with this section and it subsequently ascertains that the person was not entitled to that reimbursement, or part of that reimbursement, because—
(a) the person was not an eligible person,
(b) the treatment in respect of which reimbursement was sought was not necessary medical treatment, or
(c) the person did not comply with this section and any regulations made under section 5 ,
the reimbursement, or that part of the reimbursement that the person was not entitled to, shall be recoverable by the Executive in any court of competent jurisdiction as a simple contract debt.

Regulations
5. (1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, following consultation with the Executive and having regard to the matters specified in subsection (2), make regulations for the purposes of giving full effect to this Part and such regulations may, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, provide for all or any of the following:
(a) the form and manner in which, and the period during which, an application under section 4 shall be made;
(b) the form and manner in which the Executive shall reimburse an eligible person, or a person acting on his or her behalf, for medical expenses incurred in respect of necessary medical treatment provided in a Member State;
(c) the documentation and certifications, including proof of citizenship and residence required to accompany an application under section 4 ;
(d) the class or classes of persons who may, in respect of an eligible person, make an application under section 4 ;
(e) such forms as may be necessary for the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (d);
(f) such additional, incidental, consequential or supplemental matters as the Minister considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of giving effect to this Part.
(2) When making regulations under subsection (1), the Minister shall have regard to the following:
(a) the proper and efficient administration of the reimbursement under section 4 , of medical expenses incurred by an eligible person;
(b) the need to ensure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of resources when reimbursing the expenses referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the policies and objectives of the Government, having regard to the State’s commitment to the British-Irish Agreement and the State’s membership of the European Union, to enable certain arrangements in relation to health services in respect of eligible persons to be maintained after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership of the European Union.
(3) Regulations under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after they are made and, if a resolution annulling the regulations is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulations are laid before it, the regulations shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the regulations.
(4) In this section, “British-Irish Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland done at Belfast on the 10th day of April, 1998.

Administrative arrangements between Executive and competent institutions
6. (1) The Executive may, for the purposes of this Part, enter into an administrative and technical arrangement with a competent institution for the purposes of—
(a) processing the reimbursement of medical expenses in respect of necessary medical treatment received by an eligible person during a temporary stay in the Member State concerned,
(b) calculating the total value of medical expenses to be reimbursed in respect of necessary medical treatment received by an eligible person in the Member State concerned,
(c) exchanging such information as may be necessary between the Executive and the competent institution to enable the processing of the reimbursement of medical expenses, and
(d) facilitating administrative and technical cooperation between the Executive and the competent institution in relation to the reimbursement of medical expenses in respect of necessary medical treatment received by an eligible person in the Member State concerned.
(2) The parties to an arrangement under this section may vary the terms of the arrangement.
(3) An arrangement under this section, or any variation of such an arrangement, shall be in writing.
(4) The Executive shall provide the Minister with a copy of each arrangement under this section and any variation thereof.
(5) In this section, “competent institution” means, in relation to a Member State, an institution designated by that Member State as responsible for the provision of healthcare and treatment to an eligible person during his or her stay in the Member State concerned.

Executive may have regard to certain decisions of Administrative Commission
7. (1) The Executive may have regard to decisions of the Administrative Commission in respect of administrative questions and questions of interpretation referred to in Article 72(a) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 that the Executive considers may be relevant to the administration of this Part.
(2) In this section—
“Administrative Commission” means the Administrative Commission referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004;
“Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20041 on the coordination of social security systems.

Review of operation of Part 2
8. (1) The Executive shall carry out a review of the operation of this Part not later than 2 years after the commencement of this section.
(2) The Executive shall submit a report to the Minister of the findings of a review carried out under subsection (1) and, not later than one month after such submission, the Minister shall cause copies of the report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

PART 3
Amendment of Childcare Support Act 2018
Definition (Part 3)
9. In this Part, “Principal Act” means the Childcare Support Act 2018.

Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act
10. Section 7(1)(b) of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iv):
“(iva) a British citizen, or”.
Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act
11. Section 15(2)(c) of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iv):
“(iva) a British citizen, or”.


[24th February, 2023]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuel Functions Act 2023.
(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 different provisions.
(3) The National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 and section 23 may be cited together as the National Oil Reserves Agency Acts 2007 and 2023 and shall be construed together as one.

PART 2
Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
Definitions
2. In this Act—
“Act of 1971” means the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971 ;
“Act of 2007” means the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 ;
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications;
“vesting day” means the day appointed under section 30 to be the vesting day.

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2007
3. Section 2 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:
“‘Oil Emergency Plan’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 68;
‘public body’ means any of the following:
(a) a Minister of the Government;
(b) a local authority;
(c) the Health Service Executive;
(d) a university or institute of technology;
(e) an education and training board established under section 9 of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 ;
(f) any other person, body or organisation established—
(i) by or under an enactment (other than the Companies Act 2014 ) or charter,
(ii) by any scheme administered by a Minister of the Government, or
(iii) under the Companies Act 2014 in pursuance of powers conferred by or under another enactment, and financed wholly or partly by means of money provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government or the issue of shares held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government;
(g) a company (within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 ) a majority of the shares in which are held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government;
(h) any other person, body, organisation or group that the Minister may prescribe for the purposes of this Act;
‘register’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 69.”,
and
(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “prescribed”:
“‘prescribed’ means prescribed (other than in sections 44D, 44E, 44G, 44GA, 44X and 44J) by regulations made by the Minister;”.

Amendment of section 15 of Act of 2007
4. Section 15 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
“(3A) Prior to approving a strategy statement, the Minister shall consult with the Minister for Transport in relation to the information included in the strategy statement pursuant to subsection (3) where such information relates to functions transferred to the Minister for Transport under section 23 of the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuel Functions Act 2023.”.

Amendment of section 28 of Act of 2007
5. Section 28 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “shall submit to the Minister” for “shall submit”, and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
“(2A) On receipt of the annual report from the Agency under subsection (1), the Minister shall provide a copy of the annual report to the Minister for Transport.”.

Amendment of section 29 of Act of 2007
6. Section 29 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
“(3A) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after he or she has been presented, under subsection (3), with the documents referred to in that subsection, provide copies of those documents to the Minister for Transport.”.

Amendment of section 30 of Act of 2007
7. Section 30 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2):
“(3) If required by the Minister for Transport, the Agency shall provide the Minister for Transport with information in relation to such matters as he or she may specify concerning or relating to—
(a) the performance of its functions (including those performed through a subsidiary) under:
(i) Part 5A;
(ii) the European Union (Biofuel Sustainability Criteria) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 33 of 2012 );
(iii) the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation Methods and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2017 ),
and
(b) its plans for the future performance of its functions under Part 5A or either of the instruments referred to at subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a).
(4) Information required by the Minister for Transport under subsection (3) shall be provided in such form and within such period as the Minister for Transport may direct.”.

Amendment of section 43A of Act of 2007
8. Section 43A of the Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) Taxpayer information transferred to the Minister by the Revenue Commissioners under subsection (1) may be used by the Minister in the exercise of his or her powers and functions relating to the administration of the levy or the preparation of the Oil Emergency Plan only and shall not be disclosed by the Minister to any other person for any purpose whatsoever.”.

Amendment of section 44D of Act of 2007
9. Section 44D of the Act of 2007 is amended, in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the Minister shall consult with—
(i) the Minister for Finance,
(ii) the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,
(iii) the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,
(iv) the Agency,
(v) the Environmental Protection Agency,
(vi) the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and
(vii) Sustainable Energy Ireland — The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,
and may consult with such other persons as he or she considers appropriate.”.

Amendment of section 44G of Act of 2007
10. Section 44G of the Act of 2007 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1) —
(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “eligible,” for “eligible, and”,
(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “fuel, and” for “fuels.”, and
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
“(c) such additional certificates as the Minister may provide for by regulations made under subsection (1B).”,
and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1A):
“(1B) (a) The Minister for Transport may, from time to time, make regulations providing for the Agency to issue, in accordance with this section and notwithstanding subsection (1), on such terms and conditions as the Minister for Transport may specify, additional certificates in respect of renewable transport fuel.

(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), regulations under that paragraph may:
(i) specify a particular renewable transport fuel in respect of which an additional certificate or certificates may be issued by the Agency, and the number of certificates that may be issued, in respect of the renewable transport fuel concerned;
(ii) to encourage renewable transport fuel obligation account holders to supply a particular renewable transport fuel for use in economic or transport sectors within the State specified in the regulations or for specific purposes or means of transport, provide that additional certificates may be issued where that renewable transport fuel is used within any of those sectors or for those specific purposes or means of transport.
(c) Before making regulations under this subsection, the Minister for Transport shall—
(i) consult with—
(I) the Minister for Finance,
(II) the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,
(III) the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,
(IV) the Agency,
(V) the Environmental Protection Agency,
(VI) the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and
(VII) Sustainable Energy Ireland — The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,
and may consult with such other persons as he or she considers appropriate, and
(ii) publish, following consultation in accordance with subparagraph (i), on the website of the Department of Transport and by any other means as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the proposed regulations inviting persons to make representations in writing to the Minister for Transport in relation to the proposed regulations within 28 days from the date of publication and consider any representations made to him or her.
(d) The Minister for Transport may, having considered any representations made to him or her under paragraph (c)(ii), make the regulations with or without modification.
(e) When making regulations under this subsection, the Minister for Transport shall have regard to the following:
(i) the effect of such regulations on fuel prices in the State;
(ii) the information submitted by the State to the European Commission pursuant to Article 30(3) of the Directive;
(iii) the integrated national energy and climate plans and corresponding progress reports submitted by the State to the European Commission pursuant to Articles 3, 17 and 20 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 1 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action;
(iv) carbon budgets prepared and approved under sections 6A and 6B respectively of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 and sectoral emissions ceilings prepared and approved under section 6C of that Act,
and may have regard to such other matters as he or she considers appropriate relating to the effects, if any, of increased consumption of renewable transport fuel in the State on economic activities in the State and on the environment.”.

Obligation to include minimum percentage volume of renewable transport fuel
11. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 44G:
“44GA. (1) The Minister for Transport may, from time to time, and with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, make regulations specifying a particular petroleum product in respect of which the Minister for Transport may prescribe a minimum percentage volume of renewable transport fuel specified by the regulations required to be included in that product so that it may be disposed of by sale or otherwise in the State by a renewable transport fuel obligation account holder.

(2) Before making regulations under this section, the Minister for Transport shall—
(a) consult with—
(i) the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,
(ii) the Agency,
(iii) the Environmental Protection Agency,
(iv) the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and
(v) Sustainable Energy Ireland — The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,
and may consult with such other persons as he or she considers appropriate,
(b) publish following consultation in accordance with paragraph (a), on the website of the Department of Transport and by any other means as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the proposed regulations inviting persons to make representations in writing to the Minister for Transport in relation to the proposed regulations within 28 days from the date of publication and consider any representations made to him or her.
(3) The Minister for Transport may, having considered any representations made to him or her under subsection (2)(b), make the regulations with or without modification.
(4) When making regulations under this subsection, the Minister for Transport shall have regard to the following:
(a) the effect of such regulations on fuel prices in the State;
(b) the information submitted by the State to the European Commission pursuant to Article 30(3) of the Directive;
(c) the integrated national energy and climate plans and corresponding progress reports submitted by the State to the European Commission pursuant to Articles 3, 17 and 20 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20182 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action;
(d) carbon budgets prepared and approved under sections 6A and 6B respectively of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 and sectoral emissions ceilings prepared and approved under section 6C of that Act, and may have regard to such other matters as he or she considers appropriate relating to the effects, if any, of increased consumption of renewable transport fuel in the State on economic activities in the State and on the environment.”.

Amendment of section 44J of Act of 2007
12. Section 44J of the Act of 2007 is amended, in subsection (7), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the Minister shall consult with—
(i) the Minister for Finance,
(ii) the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,
(iii) the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,
(iv) the Agency,
(v) the Environmental Protection Agency,
(vi) the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and
(vii) Sustainable Energy Ireland — The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.”.

Amendment of section 44U of Act of 2007
13. Section 44U of the Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of “The Minister may, following consultation with the Minister for Transport, make regulations” for “The Minister may make regulations,”.

Exemption from renewable transport fuel obligation in cases of particular urgency
14. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 44X:
“44Y. (1) The Minister for Transport may determine that oil stocks released, or to be released, by the Agency pursuant to a direction of the Minister under section 35 may, in a case of particular urgency in order to avoid, or mitigate against, a major supply disruption or the risk thereof, be exempt from the renewable transport fuel obligation under section 44C.

(2) For the purpose of calculating the specified amount under subsection (3) of section 44C, oil stocks which are the subject of an exemption under subsection (1) shall not be treated as a relevant disposal of petroleum products under paragraph (a) of that subsection.
(3) A determination under subsection (1) shall be made by the Minister for Transport as soon as practicable following the direction of the Minister under section 35 but may be made following the release of the oil stocks the subject of the direction.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister shall, as soon as practicable following the making of a direction by him or her under section 35, notify the Minister for Transport of any oil stocks released or to be released by the Agency in accordance with that section.
(5) The Minister for Transport shall, before making a determination under subsection (1) —
(a) consult with the Minister and the Agency, and
(b) have regard to—
(i) Article 25(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20183 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources,
(ii) Article 7a of Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 20094 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC, and
(iii) carbon budgets prepared and approved under sections 6A and 6B respectively of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 and sectoral emissions ceilings prepared and approved under section 6C of that Act.
(6) The Minister for Transport shall, as soon as practicable, advise the Minister and the Agency of the making of a determination under subsection (1) and the Agency shall inform the obligated party concerned.
(7) The Agency shall, when notifying an obligated party under section 44I, take account of any determination made under subsection (1).”.

Amendment of section 46 of Act of 2007
15. Section 46 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1) —
(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “the Minister and the Minister for Transport” for “the Minister”, and
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):
“(c) any other person including an officer of the Minister or the Agency appointed to be an authorised officer by the Minister or including an officer of the Minister for Transport appointed to be an authorised officer by the Minister for Transport, as the case may be,”,
(b) in subsection (4)(b), by the substitution of “by the Minister or the Minister for Transport, as the case may be” for “by the Minister”, and
(c) in subsection (6), by the insertion of the following paragraph:
“(ba) if made by the Minister for Transport, on the Minister for Transport revoking the appointment,”.

Amendment of section 47 of Act of 2007
16. Section 47 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the Minister, the Minister for Transport or the Agency of their respective functions under this Act” for “the Minister or the Agency of their functions under this Act”,
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) Any information obtained by an auditor appointed under section 46(1)(b) shall be given directly to both the Minister and the Minister for Transport.”,
and
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
“(2A) The Minister or the Minister for Transport, as the case may be, may send to the Agency any information given to him or her under subsection (2) where he or she considers it appropriate to do so.”.

Amendment of section 58 of Act of 2007
17. Section 58 of the Act of 2007 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “The Minister may make regulations, other than the regulations referred to in section 58A(1)—” for “The Minister may make regulations—”.

Regulations and orders - Minister for Transport
18. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 58:
“58A. (1) The Minister for Transport may make regulations—
(a) for any purpose in relation to which regulations are provided for in sections 44D, 44E, 44G, 44GA, 44J and 44X, and
(b) for prescribing any matter or thing referred to in sections 44D, 44E, 44G, 44GA, 44J and 44X as prescribed or to be prescribed.
(2) The Minister for Transport may make orders for any matter in relation to which orders are provided for in sections 44D, 44E, 44G, 44GA and 44J.”.

Amendment of section 64 of Act of 2007
19. Section 64 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
“(1) Summary proceedings for an offence may be brought and prosecuted—
(a) in the case of an offence under section 44E, 44G or 44GA, by the Minister for Transport or the Agency,
(b) in the case of an offence under section 44U or 50, by the Minister or the Agency, and
(c) in the case of an offence under section 59, by the Minister.”.

Amendment of section 68 of Act of 2007
20. The Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 68:
“Oil Emergency Plan
68. (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister shall prepare a contingency plan (in this Act referred to as the ‘Oil Emergency Plan’), to be implemented in the event of an oil supply disruption.
(2) The Agency, each oil company and oil consumer, and such public bodies as the Minister considers appropriate, shall assist and co‑operate with the Minister in the preparation of the Oil Emergency Plan and the response to, an oil supply disruption.
(3) The Agency and each oil company and oil consumer shall, if so directed by the Minister, furnish to the Minister such information as he or she may require in respect of the preparation of the Oil Emergency Plan and response to an oil supply disruption.
(4) The Oil Emergency Plan shall include:
(a) such measures as the Minister considers appropriate to provide for mitigation against and preparedness for an oil supply disruption, including in relation to the maintenance of oil stocks in accordance with section 32;
(b) measures to monitor the availability of petroleum products in the State;
(c) procedures for consultation between the Minister, such public bodies as the Minister considers appropriate, the Agency and oil companies and oil consumers in relation to the implementation of the Oil Emergency Plan;
(d) procedures for the timely release of oil stocks by the Minister where section 35 applies;
(e) such measures, including in relation to the consumption of road transport fuel, to conserve petroleum products as the Minister, following consultation with such public bodies as the Minister considers appropriate, may determine;
(f) such measures as the Minister considers appropriate to ensure that supplies of petroleum products to such entities as are deemed by the Minister, following consultation with such other Ministers as the Minister considers appropriate, to be providing a critical service in the State are, in so far as practicable, protected.
(5) The Minister shall, when preparing the Oil Emergency Plan, have regard to Article 20 of the Council Directive.
(6) The Minister may, from time to time, review the Oil Emergency Plan and, as he or she considers necessary, prepare a new Oil Emergency Plan.”.

Register
21. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 68:
“Register
69. (1) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the coming into operation of this section, establish and maintain a register of oil companies to be known as the Petroleum Register, and referred to in this section as the ‘register’.
(2) The register shall be in such form (including electronic form) as the Minister considers appropriate, and shall contain such particulars as may, from time to time, be prescribed.
(3) For the purposes of the register, each oil company shall, within one month of a request in that behalf by the Minister and, in any event not later than 30 July in each year, furnish, in a manner prescribed, the following to the Minister:
(a) the name and address in the State of the company;
(b) contact details for the company, including an up to date e-mail address and telephone number.
(4) The Minister may, from time to time, request from an oil company such further information in relation to the nature of the business conducted by the company as the Minister considers appropriate and the company shall, within one month after the date of the request, furnish the information to the Minister in the manner requested by the Minister.
(5) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if the person—
(a) fails to furnish the information in such form and containing such particulars as is required under subsection (3) within 3 months after the date of a request by the Minister or after 30 July in each year, the information in such form and containing such particulars as is required under that provision,
(b) fails to furnish within one month after the date of a request from the Minister under subsection (4), the information in such form and containing such particulars as is required under that provision, or
(c) furnishes information under subsection (3) or (4) that is false or misleading in a material respect and that the person knows is false or misleading.”.

Provision of information by Minister to Minister for Transport
22. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 69:
“Provision of information by Minister to Minister for Transport
70. (1) The Minister shall, at the request of the Minister for Transport, and may, as he or she considers appropriate, provide information to the Minister for Transport relating to:
(a) returns made by renewable transport fuel obligation account holders pursuant to regulations made by the Minister under section 44U;
(b) the prosecution of offences by the Minister or the Agency under section 44U;
(c) the performance by the Minister of his or her functions under sections 44O and 44P.”.

PART 3
Transfer of certain functions under Act of 2007
Transfer of functions to Minister for Transport
23. The functions conferred on the Minister by or under—
(a) sections 44A, 44C, 44D, 44E, 44F, 44G, 44H, 44I, 44J, 44K, 44L, 44M, 44N, 44Q, 44R, 44S, 44T, 44V, 44W and 44X of the Act of 2007,
(b) the European Union (Biofuel Sustainability Criteria) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 33 of 2012 ),
(c) the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation Methods and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2017 ), and
(d) Regulation 4 of the European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations (2) 2022 ( S.I. No. 350 of 2022 ),
are transferred to the Minister for Transport on the vesting day.

Transfer of administration and business
24. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of the functions transferred by section 23 are, on the vesting day, transferred to the Department of Transport.
(2) References to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications contained in any enactment (other than this Act) in so far as they relate to the administration and business transferred by subsection (1) shall, from the vesting day, be construed as references to the Department of Transport.

Pending legal proceedings
25. Where, immediately before the vesting day, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by section 23 the name of the Minister for Transport shall, to the extent that they have such reference, be substituted for the Minister in those proceedings or added in the proceedings, as may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.

Completion of certain matters commenced
26. Anything commenced but not completed before the vesting day by or under the authority of the Minister may, in so far as it relates to a function transferred by section 23 , be carried on and completed by the Minister for Transport.

Operation of certain instruments
27. Every instrument (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in the performance of a function transferred by section 23 shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the vesting day, continue to have effect from the vesting day as if it had been granted or made by the Minister for Transport.

Construction of references to Minister
28. (1) References to the Minister contained in any enactment (other than this Act) in so far as they relate to any function transferred by section 23 shall, from the vesting day, be construed as references to the Minister for Transport.
(2) References to the Minister contained in the memorandum or articles of association or constitution of any company in so far as they relate to any function transferred by section 23 shall, from the vesting day, be construed as references to the Minister for Transport.

Transfer of property, etc. to Minister for Transport
29. (1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the vesting day by the Minister in connection with any function transferred by section 23 are, on the vesting day, transferred to the Minister for Transport and, accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment—
(a) the said property, real and personal, shall, from the vesting day, vest in the Minister for Transport,
(b) the said rights shall, from the vesting day, be enjoyed by the Minister for Transport, and
(c) the said liabilities shall, from the vesting day, be the liabilities of the Minister for Transport.
(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Minister for Transport by this section that, immediately before the vesting day, stand in the name of the Minister shall, upon the request of the Minister for Transport, be transferred into his or her name.

Vesting day
30. The Minister for Transport shall by order appoint a day to be the vesting day for the purposes of this Part as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this section and a reference in this Part to the “vesting day” shall be construed as a reference to the day so appointed.

PART 4
Amendment of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971
Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1971
31. Section 3 of the Act of 1971 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1)(a), by the substitution of “acquisition, supply, distribution, marketing or use of the type or types of fuel” for “acquisition, supply, distribution or marketing of the type or types of fuel”, and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
“(1A)Without prejudice to subsection (1), an order under that subsection may provide that:
(a) the Minister may, in the interests of the common good, by direction in writing, require oil companies operating within the State, or other such persons as the Minister may designate, to supply fuel to which an order under section 2 relates to designated generating stations within the meaning of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 , or such other persons or locations as may be necessary on such terms as may be specified in the direction, in order to secure the supply of electricity in the State and the operation of such services as are deemed by the Minister to be critical services of the State;
(b) the Minister may, where he or she considers it necessary in order to protect the operation of such services as are deemed by the Minister to be critical services of the State, by direction in writing, regulate, restrict or control the acquisition, supply, distribution, marketing or use of the type or types of fuel to which the order under section 2 relates.”.

1 OJ No. L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1
2 OJ No. L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1
3 OJ No. L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82
4 OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 88


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:
Power to arrest without warrant persons offending against 48 & 49 Vict. c. 69. s. 2.                                     1. A constable may take into custody without a warrant any person whom he shall have good cause to suspect of having committed, or of attempting to commit, any offence against section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (which relates to procuration and attempted procuration).

Amendment of 48 & 49 Vict. c. 69. s. 2.                                                                                2. In paragraphs (3) and (4) of section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, the words “or frequent” shall be inserted after the words “an inmate of” wherever those words occur.

Increased penalties for procurers.                                                                                3. Any male person who is convicted under section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, may, at the discretion of the court, and in addition to any term of imprisonment awarded in respect of the said offence, be sentenced to be once privately whipped, and the number of strokes and the instrument with which they shall be inflicted shall be specified by the court in the sentence.

Suppression of brothels.                                                                                4.—(1) Section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, shall, so far as it relates to brothels, be amended by inserting after the word “occupier” the words “or person in charge.”

(2) Any person who is convicted of a third or subsequent offence against the said section thirteen shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour, and, in addition to any such penalty or imprisonment, may be required by the court to enter into a recognizance with or without sureties, or in Scotland to grant a bond of caution, to be of good behaviour for any period not exceeding twelve months, and, in default of entering into such recognizance, or granting such bond, such person may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three months in addition to any term of imprisonment awarded in respect of his said offence.
(3) The provisions of section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, in so far as they relate to third or subsequent offences, are hereby repealed.

Determination of tenancy of premises on conviction for permitting use as brothel, &c.                                    5.—(1) Upon the conviction, after the passing of this Act, of the tenant, lessee, or occupier of any premises of knowingly permitting the premises, or any part thereof, to be used as a brothel, the landlord or lessor shall be entitled to require the person so convicted to assign the lease or other contract under which the said premises are held by him to some person approved by the landlord or lessor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and, in the event of the person so convicted failing within three months to assign the lease or contract as aforesaid, the landlord or lessor shall be entitled to determine the lease or other contract but without prejudice to the rights or remedies of any party to such lease or contract accrued before the date of such determination. If the landlord or lessor should so determine the lease or other contract of tenancy, the court which has convicted the tenant, lessee, or occupier shall have power to make a summary order for delivery of possession to the landlord or lessor.

6 Edw. 7. c. 54.
(2) If the landlord or lessor after such conviction lias been brought to his notice fails to exercise his rights under the foregoing provisions of this section and subsequently during the subsistence of the lease or contract any such offence is again committed in respect of the premises, the landlord or lessor shall be deemed to have knowingly aided or abetted the commission of that offence, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the recurrence of the offence.
(3) Where a landlord or lessor determines a lease or other contract under the powers conferred by this section and subsequently grants another lease or enters into another contract of tenancy to, with, or for the benefit of the same person without causing to be inserted in such lease or contract all reasonable provisions for the prevention of a recurrence of any such offence as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have failed to exercise his rights under the foregoing provisions of this section, and any such offence as aforesaid committed during the subsistence of the subsequent lease or contract shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have been committed during the subsistence of the previous lease or contract.
(4) A person quitting premises in Ireland held by him under a lease or contract which has been determined in pursuance of this Act shall not be entitled to compensation under the Town Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1906.

Determination of tenancy of premises on conviction for permitting use as brothel, &c. in Scotland. 55 & 56 Vict. c. 55.  6.—(1) The provisions in section four hundred and three of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, relating to the voidance or termination of any lease or arrangement to let shall apply in like manner upon a conviction under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, as amended by this Act.

(2) This section shall be substituted in Scotland for section live of this Act.

Amendments of 61 & 62 Vict. c. 39 and 2 Edw. 7. c. 11.                                                                   7.—(1) In section one of the Vagrancy Act, 1898, and in section one of the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act, 1902, in subsection (3) (which deals with the evidence of living on the earnings of prostitution) there shall be substituted for the words “and has no visible means of subsistence” the words “or is proved to have exercised control, direction, or influence over the movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that he is aiding, abetting, or compelling her prostitution with any other person or generally.”

5 Geo. 4. c. 83.
(2) The period of imprisonment with hard labour which may be awarded to a person deemed to be a rogue and vagabond under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, or to a person convicted summarily of a crime and offence under the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act, 1902, shall be increased to six months, but such person shall not be liable to be dealt with as an incorrigible rogue within the meaning of the Vagrancy Act, 1824. Save as aforesaid, nothing in this subsection shall affect the powers of a court of summary jurisdiction to deal with a person deemed to be a rogue and vagabond under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, anything in any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
(3) The Vagrancy Act, 1898, as amended by this section shall extend to Ireland with this modification, that for the words “be deemed a rogue and vagabond within the meaning of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, and be liable to be dealt with accordingly” there shall be substituted the words “be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months with hard labour.”
(4) Every female who is proved to have, for the purposes of gain, exercised control, direction, or influence over the movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that she is aiding, abetting, or compelling her prostitution with any person, or generally, shall be guilty of an offence under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, or in Scotland under the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act, 1902, and those Acts as amended and extended by this section shall apply accordingly.
(5) A person charged with an offence under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, or the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act, 1902, may, instead of being proceeded against in England as a rogue and vagabond, or in Scotland or Ireland summarily, be proceeded against on indictment, and on conviction on indictment shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, such second or subsequent conviction being a conviction on indictment, the court may, in addition to any term of imprisonment awarded, sentence the offender if a male to be once privately whipped, and the number of strokes and the instrument with which they shall be inflicted shall be specified by the court in the sentence.
(6) The wife or husband of a person charged with an offence under either of the said Acts may be called as a witness either for the prosecution or defence and without the consent of the person charged, but nothing in this provision shall affect a case where the wife or husband of a person charged with an offence may at common law be called as a witness without the consent of that person.

Restriction on application of Act.                                                                                8. This Act shall not apply to proceedings pending at the commencement of this Act.

Short title.                                                                                9. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912; and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, and this Act may be cited together as the Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1912.


[Preamble recites 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84.]
Removal of disabilities in respect of certain professorships in Dublin University.  1. The professorships of anatomy and chirurgery, chemistry and botany, in the University of Dublin, shall be open to persons of all nations, and candidates for the said professorships or for the professorships on the foundation of Sir Patrick Dun shall not be subject to any disability on account of religion, or want of medical degree from any University.

Election of King’s professors.                                                      2. The King’s professors shall be elected by the president and fellows of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians.

Clinical lectures.                                                                  3. . . . the clinical lectures required by the said Act of the fortieth year of King George the Third shall be delivered by the professor of surgery in Trinity College, and the University anatomist; and the said professor of surgery and University anatomist shall be respectively entitled to the fees payable heretofore to the said University professors of chemistry and botany: . . .

Clinical lecturers in place of professors, &c. neglecting to deliver lectures.      4. In case any of the King’s professors or University professors, or the University anatomist, shall neglect to attend the said hospital, or deliver clinical lectures, as required by the said Act, it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, in the case of the King’s professors, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, in the case of the University professors and University anatomist, to dispense with his delivering such lectures; and in such case it shall be lawful for the said president and fellows of the said King and Queen’s College of Physicians, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, respectively, to appoint a physician or surgeon to attend the said hospital and deliver the clinical lectures in the place of such professor so neglecting to lecture; and the physician or surgeon so appointed shall be entitled to receive and be paid the fees to which the professor so neglecting to attend the said hospital and deliver such lectures would have been entitled.

Regulations respecting lectures.                                                    5. . . . it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, in the case of the King’s professors, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, in the case of the University professors, each college with the assent of the other, to make regulations respecting the lectures to be given by its own professors: Provided always, that if either the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, or the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, shall refuse to agree to the regulations proposed by the other college, in such case the regulations so proposed shall be submitted to the visitors of the college which refuses to agree to them; and it shall be lawful for such visitors, and they are hereby required, upon hearing such reasons as may be offered on both sides, to determine whether the regulations submitted to them shall or shall not be adopted; and the decision of such visitors in any such case shall be final and conclusive.

Salary and duties of professor of midwifery.                                        6. [Recital of 40 Geo 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 10 making provision for salary of the professor of midwifery.] Such professor of midwifery shall be entitled to receive and be paid the salary of one hundred pounds (late Irish currency) per annum out of the rents of the said estates; and in consideration of such salary the said professor shall give instruction in the diseases peculiar to females and in practical midwifery in connexion with Sir P. Dun’s Hospital; and each student availing himself of such instruction shall pay to the governors of the said hospital the sum of three guineas annually, to be applied by them to the maintenance of beds for the treatment of diseases peculiar to females; and each student shall further pay to the professor of midwifery such fees as shall be authorized by the governors of the said hospital, with consent of the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, and of the provost and senior fellows of Trinity College.

Fees payable by students.
Salary of librarian, &c. and management of library.                                 7. [Repeal of 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 12.] Whereas in addition to the salary of the librarian appointed under the provisions of the said Act, being the sum of seventy pounds (late Irish currency), a sum of thirty pounds per annum has been for several years applied to the purchase of books for a library, and the sum of six pounds six shillings to the payment of a library porter: Be it enacted, that such salary and payments for the purposes aforesaid shall continue to be made; and that it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the said King and Queen’s College of Physicians to make such rules and regulations as to them shall seem necessary and proper for regulating the duties of such librarian, the purchase of books, and the management of the said library.

Acceptance of professorship not to vacate fellowship.                               8. [Recital of 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 41.] The accepting of any of the said professorships by a fellow of the said College shall not vacate his fellowship; . . .

Short title.                                                                        9. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1867.”

[1 Short title, “The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1867.” See s. 9.]