Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996
Number 34 of 1996
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. 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 34 of 1996
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Office of Director of Telecommunications Regulation
Transfer of Functions From Minister to Director
Acts Under Which Functions are Transferred
Statutory Instruments Under Which Functions are Transferred
Repeals
Number 34 of 1996
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION, FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS FROM THE MINISTER TO THE DIRECTOR, FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A LEVY ON PROVIDERS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AND FOR THE REGULATION OF TARIFFS FOR CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, TO AMEND THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ACT, 1983, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [10th December, 1996]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to the “Minister for Public Enterprise” and “Department of Public Enterprise” construed (18.06.2002) by Communications, Energy and Geological Survey of Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 300 of 2002), arts. 3, 4 and sch. 1 part 1, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9.
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(2) This Order comes into operation on 18 June 2002.
(1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are transferred to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources.
(2) References to the Department of Public Enterprise contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Public Enterprise -
(a) by or under any of the enactments or the provisions of the enactments mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order,
(b) under the Regulations mentioned in Part 2 of that Schedule, and
(c) in relation to the Geological Survey of Ireland,
are transferred to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.
(2) References to the Minister for Public Enterprise contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.
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SCHEDULE
PART 1.
Enactments and provisions of enactments, functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Public Enterprise to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.
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Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 (No. 34 of 1996)
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