Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977

Amendment of Interpretation Act, 1937.

4.—The Schedule to the Interpretation Act, 1937 , is hereby amended, as respects this Act and Acts of the Oireachtas passed after the passing of this Act and instruments (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act, 1937 ) made wholly or partly under any such Act after the passing of this Act, by the substitution in paragraph 18 of “Minister of the Government” for “Minister of State” and the said paragraph, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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18.—The expression “Minister of the Government” means a member of the Government having charge of a Department of State.