Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage
7:00 pm
Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)
There is an accepted legal term, "desuetude", which means that something has fallen out of use. Many of these Acts of Parliament clearly have no relevance at the present time and have long since ceased to be enforced. I suspect the saving clause makes in section 3(3) makes sense in that it does not assume that Acts repealed are in full force or in any force whatsoever.
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