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No. 53 of 2000Interpretation Bill 2000
Public bill · Government · Presented
Sets out common rules for reading Irish Acts and regulations, including how to handle unclear wording, amendments, commencement dates, repeals, powers, duties and references. It replaces most earlier Interpretation Acts, reduces the need to repeat standard provisions in new laws, and aims to make legislation clearer and more consistent.
Formal long title
respecting the interpretation and application of Acts and of statutory instruments made under Acts and providing for the repeal of certain enactments relating to those matters
Last updated 17 April 2018
Sponsor
- Taoiseach Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad Dáil
- Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. Seanad
- Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Interpretation Bill 2000: Second Stage. Seanad
- Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE
- Interpretation Bill, 2000: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Interpretation Bill, 2000: Second Stage. Dáil
- Interpretation Bill, 2000: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
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