Fisheries (Commissions) Act, 1997
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Validation of actions. |
3.—Without prejudice to the generality of section 2 , everything done or purported to have been done during the period commencing on the 21st day of February, 1996, and ending on the 14th day of January, 1997, by, to or on behalf or in respect of the Commission or Seamus Keating while purporting to be a member of and to constitute the Commission shall be, and be deemed always to have been, as valid and effectual for all purposes as if— | |
(a) the Minister of State at the Department of the Marine, at the time of signing the purported order, had the power to make the order and all conditions precedent to the exercise of that power had been satisfied, | ||
(b) the purported order had been validly made under the Act, | ||
(c) the Commission had been validly established under the Act with its functions as provided by the purported order, and | ||
(d) Seamus Keating had, under section 5(2) of the Act, been validly appointed as a member of the Commission, | ||
and the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances) of Seamus Keating as a member of the Commission shall be, and shall be deemed always and for all purposes to have been, as if he had been duly appointed as a member with effect from the 26th day of February, 1996. |