Defence (Amendment) Act 1987
Number 8 of 1987
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Defence (Amendment) Act 1987. 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 8 of 1987
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Defence Acts 1954 to 2015: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Defence (Amendment) Act 2015, s. 4(2)), to be construed together as one (Defence (Amendment) Act 2011, s. 12(2)). The Acts in the collectively cited group are:
• Defence Act 1954 (18/1954)
• Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 (44/1960)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 1979 (1/1979)
• Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 (28/1979)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 1987 (8/1987)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 (6/1990)
• Criminal Law Act 1997 (14/1997), s. 14 and sch. 2
• Defence (Amendment) Act 1998 (31/1998)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 (20/2006)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (24/2007)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 2011 (17/2011)
• Defence (Amendment) Act 2015 (24/2015) (citation only)
Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:
• Defence (Amendment) Act 1993 (18/1993)
The following legislation deals with related subject matter:
• Courts Martial Appeals Act 1983 (19/1983)
• Civil Defence Act 2002 (16/2002)
• Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 (36/2004)
• Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (35/2009)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (24/2007)
• Children Act 2001 (24/2001)
• Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 (19/1983)
• Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 (28/1979)
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
None.
All statutory instruments up to and including Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 8 of 1987
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Increase of fines and compensation awardable under sections 177, 178 and 179 of Principal Act. |
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Offences relating to drugs, volatile substances and volatile preparations. |
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Acts Referred to |
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Debtors Act (Ireland), 1872 |
1872, c. 57 |
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1940, No. 23 |
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1954, No. 18 |
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Defence Acts, 1954 to 1979 |
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1985, No. 2 |
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Number 8 of 1987
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO ALTER THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH MAY BE AWARDED UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT, 1954, AND OTHERWISE TO AMEND AND EXTEND THAT ACT. [24th June, 1987]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
References to “judge-advocate” in collectively cited Defence Acts 1954 to 2007 construed (1.09.2008) by Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (24/2007), s. 5, S.I. No. 254 of 2008.
References to judge advocate in certain Acts and instruments.
5.— Every reference in the Defence Acts 1954 to 2007 or in any instrument made under those Acts to a judge-advocate shall be read as a reference to a military judge.
C2
Application of collectively cited Defence Acts 1954 to 1979 extended and references construed (23.01.1980) by Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 (28/1979), s. 2, S.I. No. 19 of 1980.
Application of Defence Acts, 1954 to 1979, to women.
2.—The provisions of the Defence Acts, 1954 to 1979, and of any statutory instruments made thereunder shall apply to women members of the Defence Forces holding commissioned or non-commissioned rank and accordingly all words in those Acts and those instruments importing a reference to persons of the male sex shall be construed as importing a reference to persons of either sex.
Editorial Notes:
E1
Persons under 18 years of age subject to military law under collectively cited Defence Acts 1954 to 1998 not to be regarded as children (1.05.2002) for purposes of Children Act 2001 (24/2001), s. 271, S.I. No. 151 of 2002.
E2
Convictions or sentences substituted on appeal deemed for purposes of collectively cited Defence Acts 1954 to 1979 to be duly confirmed finding or sentence of court-martial (29.06.1983) by Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 (19/1983), s. 20(1), commenced on enactment.