Customs (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1945

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

the expression “the Act of 1876” means the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactments;

the word “enactment” means any enactment being—

(a) a British statute,

(b) a Saorstát Eireann statute, or

(c) an Act of the Oireachtas (whether passed before or after this Act);

references to exportation shall be construed as including references to the shipment of articles as ship's stores or to the loading of articles as stores for aircraft;

the expression “officer of Customs and Excise” includes a member of the Gárda Síochána and any person in the public service who is for the time being employed in the prevention of the illegal importation or exportation of goods;

the expression “statutory instrument” means an instrument for the time being in force being—

(a) an order made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) in exercise of powers conferred by any enactment, or

(b) an order made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) or a direction in writing given (whether before or after the passing of this Act) in exercise of powers conferred by an order made in exercise of powers conferred by any enactment.