European Communities Act 1972
Number 27 of 1972
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the European Communities Act 1972. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 27 of 1972
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
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Number 27 of 1972
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. [6th December, 1972]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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References to “European Communities” construed (1.12.2009) by European Union Act 2009 (33/2009), s. 5, S.I. No. 451 of 2009.
Construction of references.
5.— (1) References in any enactment (other than this Act and the Act of 1972) to the European Communities shall be construed as including references to the European Union.
(2) References in any enactment (other than this Act and the Act of 1972) to the treaties governing the European Communities shall be construed as references to the treaties governing the European Union.
(3) References in any enactment to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community or the Treaty establishing the European Community shall be construed as references to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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