Agriculture Appeals Act 2001

Interpretation.

1

1.—(1) In this Act—

“appeals officer” means an appeals officer appointed under section 2;

“Civil Service” means the Civil Service of the Government and the Civil Service of the State;

“Director” means Director of Agriculture Appeals;

“functions” includes powers, duties and obligations;

“Minister” means Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section or Schedule is a reference to a section of or Schedule to this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,

(b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is a reference to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended,

(c) a reference to an enactment includes a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act, and

(d) a reference to a statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended, adapted or extended by any subsequent statutory instrument.

Annotations

Amendments:

F1

Inserted by Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024 (38/2024), s. 3, not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C2

Prospective affecting provision: definitions inserted by Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024 (38/2024), s. 3, not commenced as of date of revision.

F1[“Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Agriculture Appeals designated under section 4]

F1[“party”, in relation to an appeal against a decision as to entitlement under a scheme set out in Schedule 1, means the appellant or the Minister;]

F1[“Review Panel” means the Agriculture Appeals Review Panel established under section 4A;]

C3

Name of Minister for and Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development changed to:

• Agriculture and Food (19.06.2002) by Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 306 of 2002), in effect as per art. 1(2);

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (20.10.2007) by Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 705 of 2007), in effect as per art. 1(2);

• Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17.10.2011) by Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 455 of 2011), in effect as per art. 1(2).