Statute Law Revision Act 2015

Amendment of sections 2 and 3 of Statutory Instruments Act 1947

6. The Statutory Instruments Act 1947 is amended—

(a) in section 2—

(i) by inserting after subsection (2) the following:

“(2A) Statutory instruments made under any of—

(a) sections 17 , 21 to 23 , 25 to 27 , 29 , 33 , 35 , 36 (3) as respects revocation orders, 37 to 49 , 53 , 55 , 56 , 60 to 68 , 70 , 72 , 73 , 75 , 80 to 82 , 84 , 86 to 88 , 90 , 92 to 94 , 97 , 98 , 100 , 102 , 103 , 114 to 117 , 180 , 182 , 184 , 243 , 244 , 246 , 290 and 292 of the Defence Act 1954 , or

(b) sections 2 and 5 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 ,

shall not be instruments to which this Act primarily applies.”,

(ii) by repealing subsections (3) and (4), and

(iii) in subsection (5) —

(I) in paragraph (a), by deleting “or direction”, and

(II) in paragraph (b), by deleting “or direction” in both places where it occurs,

and

(b) in section 3(1) (as substituted by section 1 of the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act 1955 ) in paragraph (a), by deleting all the words beginning with “, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce” down to and including “the Galway Chamber of Commerce”.