Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Act, 1998
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Number 11 of 1998 | ||||||||
TRIBUNALS OF INQUIRY (EVIDENCE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998 | ||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||
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Number 11 of 1998 | ||||||||
TRIBUNALS OF INQUIRY (EVIDENCE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998 | ||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRIBUNALS OF INQUIRY (EVIDENCE) ACTS, 1921 TO 1997. [6th May, 1998] | ||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||
Amendment of section 1 of Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921. |
1.—The Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921 , is hereby amended by the insertion after section 1 of the following section: | |||||||
“Amendment of instrument by which tribunal is appointed. | ||||||||
1A.—(1) An instrument to which this section applies (whether made before or after the passing of the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Act, 1998) shall be amended, pursuant to a Resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas, by a Minister of the Government, where the tribunal— | ||||||||
(a) has requested the amendment, and | ||||||||
(b) is satisfied that such amendment would not prejudice the legal rights of any person who has co-operated with or provided information to the tribunal under its terms of reference. | ||||||||
(2) Where an instrument to which this section applies is so amended this Act shall apply. | ||||||||
(3) This section applies, in the case of a tribunal to which this Act is applied under section 1 of this Act, to the instrument by which the tribunal is appointed.”. | ||||||||
Short title and collective citation. |
2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Act, 1998. | |||||||
(2) The Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts, 1921 to 1997, and this Act may be cited together as the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts, 1921 to 1998. |