Written Answers. - Proposed Legislation.
Frances Fitzgerald
Question:
126
Ms F. Fitzgerald
asked the
Minister for Finance
the proposals for legislation being prepared under the auspices of his Department that have not yet been published; and the statutory instruments being prepared in his Department.
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Work is progressing in my Department on a number of pieces of legislation as follows:
Administrative Procedures Bill, Valuation Bill,
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, Civil Service Regulation Bill, Finance Bill,* Investor Compensation Bill, Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill, Central Bank Bill, Bretton Woods Agreement (Amendment) Bill.
*Along with the Finance Bill, work is continuing on the budget day items which will require implementation either by Ministerial Order or Financial Resolution with confirmation in the Finance Bill.
The following statutory instruments are also being prepared in my Department:
Regulations to commence section 51 of the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995.
Regulations to provide for bonding of authorised investment business firms under section 51 of the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995.
An S.I. to suspend sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) on foot of UN Security Council Resolution 1022 of 1995.
Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) Order in relation to diplomats and diplomatic missions.
An S.I. to provide for the inclusion of an area described in the Urban Renewal (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Extension of Customs House Docks Area) Order, 1994 (S.I. No. 180 of 1994) as part of the Customs House Docks Area for the purposes of incentive tax reliefs for urban renewal.
An S.I. for declaring that the areas described in the Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 248 of 1995) and in the Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 247 of 1995) are designated areas for the purposes of urban renewal incentive tax reliefs provided for in the 1994 Finance Act.
The following statutory instruments are being prepared in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners:
Regulations to give effect to EU Customs rules concerning the acceptance of electronic declarations by Customs.
Regulations to provide for the implementation of Directive 94/74/EC amending Directive 92/12/EEC on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty, Directive 92/81/EEC on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils and Directive 92/82/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils.
Value-Added Tax (Imported Goods) (Revocation) Regulations.
Value-Added Tax (Monthly Control Statement) (Revocation) Regulations.
Value-Added Tax (Special Scheme for means of transport: documentation) Regulations.
Value-Added Tax (Exported Goods) Regulations.
