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Number 23 of 2005

INTERPRETATION ACT 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Repeals and savings.
4.	Application.

PART 2

Miscellaneous Rules

5.	Construing ambiguous or obscure provisions, etc.
6.	Construing provisions in changing circumstances.
7.	Supplemental provision to sections 5 and 6.
8.	Reading provisions together as one and summary proceedings for offences.
9.	References in enactments to Parts, etc.
10.	Enactment always speaking.
11.	References in enactments to examples.
12.	Deviation from form.

PART 3

Citation and Operation of Enactments

13.	Judicial notice.
14.	Citation and references to amended enactments.
15.	Date of passing of Acts of Oireachtas.
16.	Commencement.
17.	Exercise of statutory powers before commencement of Act.

PART 4

Meaning and Construction of Words and Expressions

18.	General rules of construction.
19.	Construction of statutory instruments.
20.	Interpretation provisions.
21.	Interpretation of words and expressions in Schedule.

PART 5

Powers and Duties

22.	Powers under enactments.
23.	Duties under enactments.
24.	Rules of court.
25.	Service by post.

PART 6

Amendment of Enactments, Etc.

26.	Repeals and substitutions.
27.	Effect of repeal of enactment.

SCHEDULE

Interpretation of Particular Words and Expressions

PART 1

PART 2

Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 1976	1976, No. 29
Adoption Acts 1952 to 1998
An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland	40 Geo. 3. c. 38
Companies Acts 1963 to 2001
Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act 1922	1922, No. 1
Interpretation Act 1889	52 & 53 Vict. c. 63
Interpretation Act 1923	1923, No. 63
Interpretation Act 1937	1937, No. 38
Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993	1993, No. 35
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977	1977, No. 28
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997	1997, No. 20
Social Welfare Acts
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993	1993, No. 27
Standard Time (Amendment) Act 1971	1971, No. 17
Status of Children Act 1987	1987, No. 26
Statutory Declarations Act 1938	1938, No. 37
Survey (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1870
Valuation Act 2001	2001, No. 13

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Number 23 of 2005

INTERPRETATION ACT 2005

AN ACT RESPECTING THE INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF ACTS AND OF STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS MADE UNDER ACTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THOSE MATTERS.

[17th October, 2005]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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