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Number 20 of 2008
CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008
. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under
the
Law Reform Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the
Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020
(2/2020), enacted 27 March 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including
the
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Amendment) Regulations 2020
(S.I. No. 182 of 2020), made 21 May 2020, were considered in the preparation of this
Revised Act.
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Number
20
of
2008
CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas.
4. Expenses.
PART 2
Cluster Munitions and Explosive Bomblets
5. Orders.
6. Offences.
7. Permitted conduct.
PART 3
Anti-Personnel Mines
8. Orders.
9. Offences.
10. Permitted conduct.
PART 4
Investment of Public Moneys
11. Definitions (
Part 4
).
12. Duty of investors to avoid investment in munitions company.
13. Direct investment in munitions company.
14. Indirect investment in munitions company.
15. Derivatives based on a financial index.
PART 5
Penalties and Miscellaneous Provisions
16. Provision of information.
17. Penalties.
18. Liability for offences committed by body corporate.
19. Forfeiture.
SCHEDULE 1
Convention on Cluster Munitions
SCHEDULE 2
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
Acts Referred to
Companies Acts
Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960
1960, No. 44
Defence (Amendment) Act 2006
2006, No. 20
Mercantile Marine Act 1955
1955, No. 29
Number
20
of
2008
CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 21 May 2020
AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS, DONE AT DUBLIN ON 30
MAY 2008, AND TO GIVE FURTHER EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE,
STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION,
DONE AT OSLO ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1997, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[2
nd December
, 2008]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas.
4. Expenses.
PART 2
Cluster Munitions and Explosive Bomblets
5. Orders.
6. Offences.
7. Permitted conduct.
PART 3
Anti-Personnel Mines
8. Orders.
9. Offences.
10. Permitted conduct.
PART 4
Investment of Public Moneys
11. Definitions (
Part 4
).
12. Duty of investors to avoid investment in munitions company.
13. Direct investment in munitions company.
14. Indirect investment in munitions company.
15. Derivatives based on a financial index.
PART 5
Penalties and Miscellaneous Provisions
16. Provision of information.
17. Penalties.
18. Liability for offences committed by body corporate.
19. Forfeiture.
SCHEDULE 1
Convention on Cluster Munitions
SCHEDULE 2
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction