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NATIONAL TREASURY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2000 .

(2) Part 2 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(3) This Act and the National Treasury Management Agency Act, 1990 , shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the National Treasury Management Agency Acts, 1990 and 2000.

Interpretation generally.

2. —(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Agency” means National Treasury Management Agency;

“Minister” means Minister for Finance;

“Principal Act” means National Treasury Management Agency Act, 1990.

(2) In this Act—

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

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

(c) a reference to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, adapted or extended by or under any other enactment (including this Act).

Orders and directions.

3. —(1) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order made by him or her under this Act (other than an order under section 1 (2)) including an order under this subsection.

(2) The Minister may by direction amend or revoke a direction given by him or her under this Act including a direction under this subsection.

(3) An order under subsection (1) shall be made, or a direction under subsection (2) shall be given, in the like manner and subject to the like (if any) consultation and conditions as the order or direction that it is amending or revoking.

Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas.

4. —Every order (other than an order under section 1 (2)) under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Expenses.

5. —The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.