S.I. No. 79/1935 - Explosives Act, 1875. Adaptation Order, 1935.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1935. No. 79.

EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1875. ADAPTATION ORDER, 1935.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), that the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann may from time to time by order make all such general or specific adaptations of or modifications in any British Statute which in the opinion of the Executive Council are necessary in order to enable such Statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Executive Council the adaptations and modifications intended to be made by this Order of and in the Explosives Act, 1875 (being a British Statute within the meaning of the said Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 ), are necessary in order to enable such Statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

NOW, the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922) and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Explosives Act, 1875, Adaptation Order, 1935.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to an Act of the Oireachtas passed before the 1st day of January, 1924.

3. In the Explosives Act, 1875—

(a) references to the Secretary of State shall be construed as references to the Minister for Justice, and the definition of Secretary of State in section 108 of that Act shall cease to have effect, and

(b) references to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury or to the Treasury shall be construed as references to the Minister for Finance, and

(c) references to the Board of Trade shall be construed as references to the Minister for Industry and Commerce, and

(d) references to the London Gazette shall be construed as references to Iris Oifigiúil,

and the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

DUBLIN.

This 12th day of April, 1935.