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Number 33 of 1979


INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Borrowing by Institute.

3.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

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Number 33 of 1979


INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979


AN ACT TO ENABLE THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS TO BORROW FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. [11th December, 1979]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Definitions.

1. —In this Act—

the Institute” means the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards;

the Minister” means the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy.

Borrowing by Institute.

2. —(1) The Institute may, with the consent of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, borrow temporarily by arrangement with bankers such sums as it may require for the purpose of providing for current expenditure.

(2) The Institute may, with the consent of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, borrow, on the security of its own land and premises and without any guarantee by the Minister for the due repayment of any such borrowings, such sums as it may require for the purpose of purchasing capital equipment.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

3. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Research and Standards (Amendment) Act, 1979.

(2) The Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961 , and this Act may be cited together as the Industrial Research and Standards Acts, 1961 and 1979, and shall be construed together as one Act.


Act Referred to

Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961

1961, No. 20