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Acts and statutory instruments
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In addition to certain common law powers, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has a large number of statutory powers and functions. Such statutory powers may, in turn, authorise the Minister to take a certain action by way of statutory instrument. For example, where new states have joined an international convention which has been made part of Irish law, it may be necessary to enact a statutory instrument to take account of that fact.
Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments may be obtained from the Office of the Attorney General's Irish Statute Book.
A Classified List of Legislation (Acts-In-Force) in Ireland is also maintained by the Law Reform Commission. The acts and statutory instruments pertaining to the Minister for Foreign Affairs are set out below. The information is not, however, to be taken as comprehensive or as legal advice, and certain instruments may have been repealed or revoked.
Acts
Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act 1983
Aliens Act 1935
Arbitration Act 1980 & 2010
Aviation Act 2006
Biological Weapons Act 2011
British and Irish Agreement Act 1999
British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002
British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2006
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998
Child Abduction and the Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008
Consular Conventions Act 1954
Criminal Justice Act 1994
Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Act 2003
Criminal Justice(Money Laundering and Terrorist Funding) Act 2010
Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000
Criminal Justice(Mutual Assistance) Act 2008
Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993
Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Acts 1967-2006
Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America ) Act 1991
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003
European Communities (Amendment) Acts
European Communities Act 1972
European Union Act 2009
European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002
Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1987
Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001
Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003
Finance Act 2007
Gender Recognition Act 2015
Geneva Conventions Act 1962
Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1998
Immigration Act 1999 & 2003
Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993
Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001
Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989
Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act 1998
Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Act 2012
Maintenance Act 1994
Minister and Secretaries Act 1924
National Cultural Institutions Act 1997
Passports Act 2008
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017
Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000
Radiological Protection Act 1991
Refugee Act 1996
Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act 1957
Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021
Social Welfare (No 2) Act 1993
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007
Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995
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