Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act, 1998

ADR Contracting Parties.

3.—(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the ADR enters into force for the State, by notice in the Iris Oifigiúil, declare the day on which it so enters into force, and the notice shall be prima facie evidence of the fact so declared.

(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, by notice in the Iris Oifigiúil, declare that—

(a) any state specified in the notice is a Contracting Party, or

(b) a declaration (the text of which shall be set out in the notice) has been made pursuant to Article 10 or 12 of the ADR to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,

and the notice shall be evidence of the facts declared and, in the case of paragraph (b), the contents of the declaration referred to therein.

(3) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, by notice in the Iris Oifigiúil, amend or revoke a notice under subsection (2).