LegalizeS.I. No. 388/1996 - Dangerous Substances (European Agreement Concerning The International Carriage of Dangerous Good's by Road (Adr)) Regulations, 1996
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S.I. No. 388 of 1996.
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES (EUROPEAN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOOD'S BY ROAD (ADR)) REGULATIONS, 1996.
I, Eithne Fitzgerald, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 36 (1) and 62 (2) of the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972 (No. 10 of 1972), the Labour (Transfer of Departmental and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1993 ), the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Names of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 19 of 1993 ), and the Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1995 ), hereby make the following Regulations:
1.
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances (European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)) Regulations, 1996.
- (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 19th day of December, 1996.
2.
(1) In any proceedings under the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972 , or any instrument thereunder, prima fadeevidence of the terms of the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR) done at Geneva on 30 September, 1957, may be given by the production of a document purporting to be a copy thereof and purporting to have been published by the United Nations in 1995 (ECE/Trans/110 (Volume I) and (Volume II) which includes amendments up to 1 January, 1995) or by a publisher authorised by the United Nations to publish that United Nations publication.
- (2) In any proceedings under the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972 , or any instrument thereunder, prima facie evidence of any amendments to the terms of the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR) done at Geneva on 30 September, 1957, may be given by the production of a document (purporting to have been published by the United Nations or by a publisher authorised by the United Nations to publish the document) purporting to be a copy of that amendment.
3.
The Dangerous Substances (European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1986 ), are hereby revoked.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 13th day of Dec 1996
Eithne Fitzgerald
Minister of State at the
Department of Enterprise
and Employment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations provide that the ADR Agreement or any amendments thereto may be proved by producing, in each case, a copy thereof in any proceedings under the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972 or any instrument thereunder.
The ADR Agreement is defined in Regulation 2 of these Regulations. Copies of the Agreement are on sale at the Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
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