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New Legislations

  • 03-03-2014 2:37pm
    #1
    CabVerts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi,

    I was wondering on average how long does it take for a new legislation to pass in Ireland?

    The new Taxi Legislation was proposed in 18th December 2013, with a consultation period open until 31st January 2014. The proposed legislation is supposed to come into effect on 1st January 2015.

    How often is this the case where the new legislation actually comes in at the proposed date?
    I know this may be a how long is a piece of string question, but any help is much appreciated.


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  • #2
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,998 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    CabVerts wrote: »
    How often is this the case where the new legislation actually comes in at the proposed date?
    It often does.

    On the other hand, it often doesn't. It's hard to be more specific than that.

    Most legislation that gets introduced doesn't have a "proposed date". It will enter into force when it has been passed, and when that will be will depend on what other legislation comes before parliament, and the competing priorities of the various legislative measures introduced.

    The fact that they have announced a date for this one does suggest that they see it having some degree of urgency, and there is some commitment to get it through in that time. So that should give this legislation a bit of an edge if its competing for parliamentary time with some other proposal. But there can be no guarantees.

    And, of course, all bets are off if an election is called.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,624 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    A specific part of an act that has been passed may be stated to not come into effect until the minister signs an enabling order. The record time lag between enactment and enablement is possibly held by the part of the Road Traffic Act 1961 dealing with mandatory vehicle testing for private cars which only came into effect when the NCT was introduced.

    Didn't 'The Altamont (Amendment of Deed of Trust) Act, 1993' act takes years to get passed? IIRC it was sitting at the back of the queue for years but eventually got passed. I think it concerned a father with daughters only and the family needed to amend the trust to allow one or more of the daughters to inherit the house and estate.


  • #4
    Holsten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    It really can't be answered. The time frames just seem to vary too widely. Some get fast tracked while others linger for years.


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