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Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 13 of 2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
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
Biological Weapons Act 2011
. 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
Greyhound Racing Act 2019
(15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including
European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
(S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this
Revised Act.
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Number
13
of
2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Definitions.
2. Offences — development, etc. of biological weapons.
3. Offences outside State.
4. Penalties.
5. Evidence in proceedings for offences outside State.
6. Double jeopardy.
7. Presumption relating to conduct referred to in
section 2(1)
(including as applied by
section 3
).
8. Presumption relating to conduct referred to in
section 2(2)
(including as applied by
section 3
).
9. Liability for offences by bodies corporate.
10. Forfeiture on conviction.
11. Forfeiture on application to District Court.
12. Forfeiture — fixtures.
13. Amendment of Bail Act 1997.
14. Expenses of Minister.
15. Short title.
Acts Referred to
Bail Act 1997
1997, No.16
Companies Acts
Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010
2010, No. 22
Mercantile Marine Act 1955
1955, No. 29
Number
13
of
2011
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO GIVE FURTHER EFFECT TO THE PROTOCOL FOR THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN WAR
OF ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE,
DONE AT GENEVA ON 17 JUNE 1925; TO GIVE FURTHER EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION
OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND
TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION, DONE AT WASHINGTON, LONDON AND MOSCOW ON 10
APRIL 1972; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[10
th July
, 2011]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Definitions.
2. Offences — development, etc. of biological weapons.
3. Offences outside State.
4. Penalties.
5. Evidence in proceedings for offences outside State.
6. Double jeopardy.
7. Presumption relating to conduct referred to in
section 2(1)
(including as applied by
section 3
).
8. Presumption relating to conduct referred to in
section 2(2)
(including as applied by
section 3
).
9. Liability for offences by bodies corporate.
10. Forfeiture on conviction.
11. Forfeiture on application to District Court.
12. Forfeiture — fixtures.
13. Amendment of Bail Act 1997.
14. Expenses of Minister.
15. Short title.
Number
13
of
2011