Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005

Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

3.—Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) by inserting the following after the definition of “account holder”:

“ ‘Act of 2005’ means the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005;”,

(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “Board”:

“ ‘Board’ means the Dormant Accounts Board established by section 30 as substituted by the Act of 2005;”,

(c) by deleting the definition of “establishment day”,

(d) by inserting the following after the definition of “fixed deposit”:

“ ‘former Board’ means the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board dissolved by section 12 of the Act of 2005;”,

(e) by substituting the following for the definition of “local authority”:

“ ‘local authority’ means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 ;”,

(f) by deleting the definition of “health board”,

(g) by inserting the following after the definition of “local authority”:

“ ‘member’, in relation to the Board, means an ordinary member or the chairperson of the Board;”,

(h) by substituting the following for the definition of “Minister”:

“ ‘Minister’ means the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs;”,

and

(i) by inserting the following after the definition of “prescribed”:

“ ‘public body’ is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(1) of the First Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 ;”.