Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998
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PART VIII Matters Relating to the Legal Metrology Service and the National Standards Authority of Ireland | ||
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Amendment of Metrology Act, 1996 . |
49.—(1) The Metrology Act, 1996 , is hereby amended— | |
(a) in sections 4(1), 7(4), 9(1) and (3), 11, 12(4) and 21(1), (2) and (5), by the substitution for “Forbairt” of “the National Standards Authority of Ireland”. | ||
(b) in section 7(2), by the deletion of “within Forbairt, and the First and Second Schedules to the Industrial Development Act, 1993 , shall have effect accordingly.”, and | ||
(c) in section 9(1)(a), after “Forfás” by the insertion of “or the National Standards Authority of Ireland”. | ||
(2) The Legal Metrology Service established under section 7 (1) of the Metrology Act, 1996 , shall be transferred to and continue within the NSAI. | ||
(3) A person appointed to be an inspector by Forbairt under section 9 of the Metrology Act, 1996 , whose appointment is in force immediately before the establishment day, shall be deemed to have been appointed under that section by the NSAI. | ||
(4) Any organisation designated under section 21 of the Metrology Act, 1996 , by Forbairt, where the designation is in force immediately before the establishment day, shall be deemed to have been designated by the NSAI. | ||
(5) This section shall come into operation on the establishment day. |