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FIRST SCHEDULE

Repeals and Amendments

PART I

Statutes Repealed or Amended

Chapter and Session or Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Repeal or Amendment
4 Anne c. 14	Weights and Measures Act, 1705	The Whole Act.
22 and 23 Vict. c. 66	Sale of Gas Act, 1859	The Whole Act.
23 and 24 Vict. c. 146	Sale of Gas Act, 1860	The Whole Act.
41 and 42 Vict. c. 49	Weights and Measures Act, 1878	The Whole Act.
50 and 51 Vict. c. 58	Coal Mines (Regulations) Act, 1887	Section 15.
52 and 53 Vict. c. 21	Weights and Measures Act, 1889	The Whole Act.
56 and 57 Vict. c. 19	Weights and Measures Act, 1893	The Whole Act.
60 and 61 Vict. c. 46	Weights and Measures Act, 1897	The Whole Act.
4 Edw. 7 c. 28	Weights and Measures Act, 1904	The Whole Act.
9 and 10 Geo. 5 c. 29	Weights and Measures Act, 1919	The Whole Act.
10 and 11 Geo. 5 c. 28	Gas Regulation Act, 1920	Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14.
No. 25 of 1924	Gárda Síochána Act, 1924	Section 18 (d).
No. 62 of 1924	Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act, 1924	Section 9 .
No. 27 of 1927	Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927	Section 107 .
No. 3 of 1928	Weights and Measures Act, 1928	The Whole Act.
No. 24 of 1928	Gas Regulation Act, 1928	Sections 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 and 10 .
No. 2 of 1936	Conditions of Employment Act, 1936	Section 23 .
No. 8 of 1936	Weights and Measures Act, 1936	The Whole Act.
No. 18 of 1960	Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960	Sections 39 and 40 .
No. 24 of 1961	Road Traffic Act, 1961	Section 83 .
No. 11 of 1980	Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980	Section 3 (1) delete from “provided that” to “Minister for Finance”.
		Section 3 (2) (e).
		Section 3 (2) (f) (ii), delete “to the Minister”.
		Section 7 .
		Section 13 .
		Section 16 (8) replace “the Minister” by “Forbairt”.
No. 31 of 1987	Restrictive Practices (Amendment) Act, 1987	Section 39 .
No. 31 of 1993	Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993	Section 30 .

PART II

Regulations Repealed or Amended

Section 6 (1).

Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Repeal or Amendment
S.R. & O. 285 of 1938	Special Inspectors (Taximeters) (Grant of Certificate) Regulations, 1937	Repeal in full.
S.I. No. 67 of 1973	European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1973	Regulations 12 & 13.
		Schedule 1, paragraph 3, replace “the Minister for Industry and Commerce” with “the Director”.
S.I. No. 110 of 1976	European Communities (Calibration of Tanks of Vessels) Regulations, 1976	Regulation 5.
S.I. No. 111 of 1976	European Communities (Standard Mass Per Storage Volume of Grain) Regulations, 1976	Regulation 6 (3), replace from “an Inspector” to “approve” with “the Director”.
		Regulation 10.
S.I. No. 237 of 1977	European Communities (Measuring Container Bottles) Regulations, 1977	Regulation 5 (2), delete from “to the authority” to “Acts”.
		Regulation 6.
S.I. No. 128 of 1979	European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations, 1979	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards”.
		Regulation 5.
S.I. No. 187 of 1979	European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) Regulations, 1979	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards”.
		Regulation 7.
S.I. No. 39 of 1981	Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Regulations, 1981	Regulation 21, delete “to the Minister”.
S.I. No. 150 of 1981	European Communities (Automatic Checkweighing and Weight Grading Machines) Regulations, 1981	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards”.
		Regulation 5.
S.I. No. 172 of 1981	European Communities (Hot Water Meters) Regulations, 1981	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards”.
		Regulation 5.
S.I. No. 305 of 1986	European Communities (Chemical Mercury-in-Glass Maximum Reading Thermometers) Regulations, 1986	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards”.
S.I. No. 175 of 1988	European Communities (Tyre Pressure Gauges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations, 1988	Regulation 4 (1), delete “and officers of Eolas-The Irish Science and Technology Agency”.
S.I. No. 424 of 1992	European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments) Regulations, 1992	Regulation 4 (a) (vi), replace “Quantity Control Act, 1980” with “ Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980 ”.
		Regulation 6 (6), replace from “an inspector” to “24” with “the Director”.
		Regulation 6 (7).
		Regulation 10 (1), replace “Minister thereof” by “Director who shall in turn consult the Minister”.
		Regulation 10 (2), substitute “Director” for “Inspector”.
		Regulations 12 (10) (a) and (b), 14 (4) (a), (5) and (7), delete references to “Minister”.
		Regulation 23 (10) substitute “Director” for “Minister”.
		Regulation 24 (2).

PART III

ENACTMENTS AND REGULATIONS AMENDED

Section 6 (2).

Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Amendment
No. 11 of 1980	Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980	Section 10 (2) (a).
		Section 11 (3).
		Section 14 (4).
		Section 15 (b).
		Section 16 (6) (d).
		Section 17 (7).
S.I. No. 110 of 1976	European Communities (Calibration of Tanks of Vessels) Regulations, 1976	Regulation 4.
S.I. No. 111 of 1976	European Communities (Standard Mass per Storage Volume of Grain) Regulations, 1976	Regulation 9.
S.I. No. 237 of 1977	European Communities (Measuring Container Bottles) Regulations, 1977	Regulation 3 (1), (2) and (3).
		Regulation 5 (2).
		Second Schedule paragraph 1.
		Third Schedule (all references).
S.I. No. 39 of 1981	Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Regulations, 1981	Regulation 3 (2).
		Regulation 4 (4) (b).
		Regulation 8 (3).
		Regulation 9 (5).
		Regulation 21, first reference.
		Regulation 21 (c).
		Fourth Schedule paragraph 4 (1) (a).
S.I. No. 18 of 1992	Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1992	Schedule, paragraph 6.
S.I. No. 424 of 1992	European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments) Regulations, 1992	Regulation 10 (3).

PART IV

Enactments Repealed

Section 4 (2).

Number and Year	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
No. 18 of 1992	Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1992	In full.
No. 261 of 1992	Taximeter (Fees on Verification and Stamping by Special Inspector) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992	In full.

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