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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
Proceedings.
5.—(1) Summary proceedings for an offence under section 37 may be brought and prosecuted by the postal company F7[…].
(2) F8[…]
(3) F7[…]
(4) Summary proceedings for an offence under—
(a) F9[…]
(b) the F10[Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999],
(c) F11[…]
(d) the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958,
(e) the Forgery Act, 1913,
(f) the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977,
(g) the Post Office Acts, 1908 to 1951,
in relation to any function of the postal company may be brought and prosecuted by the postal company.
(5) F7[…]
(6) Summary proceedings may be brought and prosecuted by the Minister for an offence under section 6 of the Telegraph Act, 1869, or under section 37, 63, F9[…] 87 or 98 of this Act.
(7) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, summary proceedings for an offence to which any provision of this Act relates may be instituted within 12 months from the date of the offence.
Annotations
Amendments:
F7
Repealed (9.04.1999) by Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Act 1999 (5/1999), s. 3(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 87 of 1999, art. 3.
F8
Repealed (2.08.2011) by Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011), s. 4 and sch. part 1 item 13, commenced on enactment.
F9
Deleted (2.08.2011) by Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011), s. 5 and sch. 2 item 5(d), (e), commenced on enactment.
F10
Deleted (15.12.1999) by Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999), s. 162 and sch. 4, commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provision in s. 163.
F11
Deleted (15.12.1999) by Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999), s. 160 and sch. 3 part 1, commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provision in s. 163.
Modifications (not altering text):
C5
Functions transferred and references to Minister in subs. (6) construed as Director of Telecommunications Regulation (30.06.1997) by Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 (34/1996), s. 4(2) and sch. 2 part 1, S.I. No. 110 of 1996, art. 3.
Transfer of functions from Minister to Director.
4.—(1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any of the functions transferred by subsection (2) are hereby transferred to the Director.
(2) Subject to subsection (8), there are hereby transferred to the Director the functions vested in the Minister by or under—
(a) each of the provisions mentioned in column (3) of Part I of the Second Schedule of the Acts mentioned in column (2) of that Part opposite the mention of that provision, and
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Transfer of Functions from Minister to Director
Section 4(2).
PART I
Acts under which Functions are Transferred
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No. 24 of 1983 |
Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, as amended by —the European Communities (Telecommunications Services) Regulations, 1992 (S.I. No. 45 of 1992); —the European Communities (Mobile and Personal Communications) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 123 of 1996). |
Section 5 (6) (functions of the Minister in so far as they relate to the company), sections 88 (3) (b), 111 (2), 111 (2A), 111 (2B), 111 (3), 111 (4), 111 (6), 111 (7) (a), (b), (c), (e). |
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