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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 30 of 1987
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
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Science and Technology Act 1987
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Number
30
of
1987
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
Preliminary and General
Section
1.
Short title.
2.
Commencement.
3.
Name of Agency.
(Repealed)
4.
Definitions.
5.
Orders.
6.
Repeals.
7.
Expenses.
PART II
Additional Functions of Agency
8.
Functions in relation to science and technology.
9.
Science Budget.
(Repealed)
10.
Review of programmes.
(Repealed)
11.
Supply of information required by Agency.
(Repealed)
12.
Power to research.
13.
Directives to the Agency.
(Repealed)
14.
Limitation of expenditure on inventions.
PART III
Administration
15.
Chief Executive.
(Repealed)
16.
Disclosure by member of Board of interest in proposed contract.
(Repealed)
17.
Membership of Houses of Oireachtas or Assembly of European Communities.
(Repealed)
18.
Expenditure by Agency.
19.
Investment by Agency.
(Repealed)
20.
Acceptance of gifts by Agency.
(Repealed)
21.
Annual report and information to Minister.
(Repealed)
22.
Accounts and audits.
(Repealed)
23.
Officers and servants.
(Repealed)
24.
Power to employ consultants.
(Repealed)
25.
Prohibition of disclosure of confidential information.
(Repealed)
26.
Committees of Board.
(Repealed)
PART IV
Transitional Provisions
27.
Transfer of staff.
(Repealed)
28.
Transfer of property.
(Repealed)
29.
Transfer of rights and liabilities and continuance of pending proceedings.
(Repealed)
Acts Referred to
European Assembly Elections Act, 1977
1977, No. 30
European Assembly Elections Act, 1984
1984, No. 6
Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961
1961, No. 20
Industrial Research and Standards (Amendment) Act, 1979
1979, No. 33
National Board for Science and Technology Act, 1977
1977, No. 25
Number
30
of
1987
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACT 1987
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
AN ACT TO COMBINE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS IN A SINGLE BODY AND TO PROVIDE
FOR RELATED MATTERS. [23
rd December
, 1987]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Editorial Notes
E1
Powers and functions of Eolas under Act transferred and references construed (6.07.1993)
by
Industrial Development Act 1993
(19/1993), s. 9(1), (3), commenced on enactment, subject to cessation of functions
provided (1.08.2014) by
Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014
(13/2014), s. 18(6), commenced as per subs. (8) and S.I. No. 341 of 2014: (6) Any
assignment of powers and functions under section 9 of the Act of 1993 to Enterprise
Ireland or IDA in force immediately before the coming into operation of this section
shall cease to have effect on that coming into operation.
Functions formerly exercised by the Industrial Development Authority and Eolas.
9.
—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the powers and functions of the Industrial Development
Authority, as specified in the Act of 1986, and the powers and functions of Eolas,
as specified in the Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961 and in the Act of
1987, shall be vested in Forfás and may, to such an extent and in accordance with such directions as the Minister
may from time to time determine, be assigned to and exercised by
[
Enterprise Ireland
]
[
, IDA or Science Foundation Ireland
]
as the case may be.
(2) The powers and functions of the Industrial Development Authority conferred on
it by Part III of the Act of 1986 shall be assigned to, and exercised by, [Enterprise
Ireland] or IDA to such an extent and in accordance with such directions as Forfás, with the concurrence of the Minister, may from time to time determine.
(3) For the purposes of this section, references in the Act of 1986 and in the Shannon
Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1970 to “the Authority” and in the Act of 1987 to “the Agency” shall be construed as references to
[
Forfás, Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland
]
, or to any of them, as may be appropriate.
Annotations
Editorial Notes
E1
Powers and functions of Eolas under Act transferred and references construed (6.07.1993)
by
Industrial Development Act 1993
(19/1993), s. 9(1), (3), commenced on enactment, subject to cessation of functions
provided (1.08.2014) by
Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014
(13/2014), s. 18(6), commenced as per subs. (8) and S.I. No. 341 of 2014: (6) Any
assignment of powers and functions under section 9 of the Act of 1993 to Enterprise
Ireland or IDA in force immediately before the coming into operation of this section
shall cease to have effect on that coming into operation.
Functions formerly exercised by the Industrial Development Authority and Eolas.
9.
—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the powers and functions of the Industrial Development
Authority, as specified in the Act of 1986, and the powers and functions of Eolas,
as specified in the Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961 and in the Act of
1987, shall be vested in Forfás and may, to such an extent and in accordance with such directions as the Minister
may from time to time determine, be assigned to and exercised by
[
Enterprise Ireland
]
[
, IDA or Science Foundation Ireland
]
as the case may be.
(2) The powers and functions of the Industrial Development Authority conferred on
it by Part III of the Act of 1986 shall be assigned to, and exercised by, [Enterprise
Ireland] or IDA to such an extent and in accordance with such directions as Forfás, with the concurrence of the Minister, may from time to time determine.
(3) For the purposes of this section, references in the Act of 1986 and in the Shannon
Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1970 to “the Authority” and in the Act of 1987 to “the Agency” shall be construed as references to
[
Forfás, Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland
]
, or to any of them, as may be appropriate.
Section
1.
Short title.
2.
Commencement.
3.
Name of Agency.
(Repealed)
4.
Definitions.
5.
Orders.
6.
Repeals.
7.
Expenses.
PART II
Additional Functions of Agency
8.
Functions in relation to science and technology.
9.
Science Budget.
(Repealed)
10.
Review of programmes.
(Repealed)
11.
Supply of information required by Agency.
(Repealed)
12.
Power to research.
13.
Directives to the Agency.
(Repealed)
14.
Limitation of expenditure on inventions.
PART III
Administration
15.
Chief Executive.
(Repealed)
16.
Disclosure by member of Board of interest in proposed contract.
(Repealed)
17.
Membership of Houses of Oireachtas or Assembly of European Communities.
(Repealed)
18.
Expenditure by Agency.
19.
Investment by Agency.
(Repealed)
20.
Acceptance of gifts by Agency.
(Repealed)
21.
Annual report and information to Minister.
(Repealed)
22.
Accounts and audits.
(Repealed)
23.
Officers and servants.
(Repealed)
24.
Power to employ consultants.
(Repealed)
25.
Prohibition of disclosure of confidential information.
(Repealed)
26.
Committees of Board.
(Repealed)
PART IV
Transitional Provisions
27.
Transfer of staff.
(Repealed)
28.
Transfer of property.
(Repealed)
29.
Transfer of rights and liabilities and continuance of pending proceedings.
(Repealed)
Number
30
of
1987