National Standards Authority of Ireland Act, 1996

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Interpretation.

3.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act of 1961” means the Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961 ;

“the Authority” means the National Standards Authority of Ireland established by section 6 ;

“the Companies Acts” means the Companies Act, 1963 , and includes any enactment to be construed as one with that Act;

“the establishment day” means the day appointed under section 6 ;

“Forfás” means the body established by section 5 of the Industrial Development Act, 1993 ;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“Irish Standard Specification” means a standard specification to which section 16 applies;

“mark” includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise and Employment;

“register”, save where the context otherwise requires, means a register kept by the Authority in pursuance of section 24 ;

“specification” includes description of any commodity, process or practice by reference to any one or more of the following, namely, nature, quality, strength, purity, composition, quantity, dimensions, weight, grade, durability, origin, age and any other characteristic;

“standard specification” means a specification declared or deemed to have been declared under section 16 to be a standard specification;

“standard mark” means a mark prescribed or deemed to have been prescribed by an order under section 20 for use in connection with a commodity, process or practice to indicate that it conforms to a particular standard specification.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a section or Schedule is to a section of, or Schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended.

(3) In this Act, a reference to a subsection or paragraph is to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to another provision is intended.

(4) In this Act, a reference to any other enactment is to that enactment as amended by any other enactment, including this Act.