IRISH STEEL LIMITED ACT, 1996
Table of Provisions (11)
Statutory Text (11 Articles)
SCHEDULE Enactments Repealed
Enactments Repealed
Section 9.
Number and Year
Number and Year
Short Title
Short Title
No. 32 of 1960
No. 32 of 1960
Irish Steel Holdings Limited Act, 1960.
Irish Steel Holdings Limited Act, 1960.
No. 11 of 1963
No. 11 of 1963
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1963.
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1963.
No. 4 of 1971
No. 4 of 1971
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1971.
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1971.
No. 13 of 1979
No. 13 of 1979
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1979.
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1979.
No. 13 of 1982
No. 13 of 1982
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1982.
Irish Steel Holdings Limited (Amendment) Act, 1982.
No. 17 of 1983
No. 17 of 1983
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1983.
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1983.
No. 14 of 1984
No. 14 of 1984
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1984.
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1984.
No. 22 of 1985
No. 22 of 1985
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1985.
Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1985.
Definitions.
Definitions.
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1.—In this Act—
“the company” means Irish Steel Limited;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise and Employment;
“the purchaser” means the person to whom the Minister for Finance sells his shares in the company.
Waiving of repayment of advance tocompany.
Waiving of repayment of advance tocompany.
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2.—Any moneys advanced to the company under section 5 of the Irish Steel Limited (Amendment) Act, 1985, which, on the date of the sale of the shares held by the Minister for Finance in the company to the purchaser, have not been repaid, shall not be required to be repaid.
Payment by Minister to company.
Payment by Minister to company.
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3.—The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, pay to the company a sum not exceeding £15,028,500.
Joint account.
Joint account.
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4.—(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this section, cause an account to be kept at a credit institution, in the joint names of the Minister and the purchaser, into which he may pay a sum not exceeding £4,617,000.
(2) Moneys may be paid out of the said account for such purposes and in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the Minister and the purchaser.
(3) The said account may be closed on such date as may be agreed upon by the Minister and the purchaser.
(4) In this section “credit institution” has the same meaning as it has in the Consumer Credit Act, 1995.
Payment to trustees of staff pension fund.
Payment to trustees of staff pension fund.
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5.—(1) The Minister may pay the sum of £628,000 to the trustees of the staff pension fund and on receipt thereof the said trustees shall pay the said sum into that fund.
(2) In this section “staff pension fund” means the fund established by an indenture dated the 28th day of December, 1959, made between the company and the Bank of Ireland.
Provision of moneys out of Central Fund for payments under or by virtue of this Act.
Provision of moneys out of Central Fund for payments under or by virtue of this Act.
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6.—All moneys required by the Minister to meet amounts payable by the Minister under or by virtue of this Act shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
Continuation of guarantees by Minister.
Continuation of guarantees by Minister.
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7.—The repeal of section 9 of the Irish Steel Holdings Limited Act, 1960, shall not affect the rights of ACC Bank plc or the European Coal and Steel Community on foot of guarantees given by the Minister under that section.
Expenses of Minister.
Expenses of Minister.
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8.—The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Repeal of enactments.
Repeal of enactments.
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9.—(1) The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.
(2) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may, by order, appoint.
Short title.
Short title.
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10.—This Act may be cited as the Irish Steel Limited Act, 1996.