Iris Oifigiúil Journal No. 3, 2021-01-08

• Published date: 08 January 2021

73Number 3

Published by Authority

Friday, 8th January, 2021

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IRISH STANDARDS

All European Standards (ENs) developed by the European Committee

for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for

Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) are adopted by NSAI

as Irish Standards as they are published and are available from the

NSAI website: www.standards.ie.

All ENs published by European Telecommunications Standards

Institute (ETSI) are adopted by NSAI as Irish Standards and are

available from the ETSI website: www.etsi.org.

Copies of Irish Standards may be purchased from: www.standards.ie

or contacting:

NATIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF IRELAND,

Irish Standard Sales,

1 Swift Square,

Northwood,

Santry,

D09 A0E4.

Tel: (01) 8576730

(01) 8576731

IRISH STANDARD REVOCATIONS

Irish Standards based on adopted European Standards (ENs) published

between 1961 and 1998 under the Industrial Research and Standards

Act 1961, the Science and Technology Act 1978 and the National

Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 remain current until revised

by European Organizations responsible for them.

These standards (where they have been revised) are hereby revoked

and details of their replacement standards are available on the NSAI

website (www.nsai.ie). [1]

74 IRIS OIFIGIÚIL, JANUARY 8th, 2021

S.I. No. 720 of 2020.

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT (APPLICATION TO THIRD

COUNTRIES) (UNITED KINGDOM) ORDER 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a

legal interpretation.)

This Order applies the provisions of the European Arrest Warrant Act

2003 (No. 45 of 2003) to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland, in light of the coming into operation of the Trade

and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the

European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (‘the

Agreement’).

The Agreement provides for the surrender of persons wanted for

prosecution or punishment as between the Member States of the

European Union and the United Kingdom at Title VII of Part 3.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

52 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Phone: 076 1106 834.

Price: €3.00. [3C]

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S.I. No. 721 of 2020.

EUROPEAN UNION (INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION)

REGULATIONS 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a

legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to give further effect to the Trade

and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the

European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (‘the

Agreement’).

The Regulations amend the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and

DNA Database System) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014) by including the

Agreement within the denition of ‘European Union or international

instrument’ provided for at section 109 of that Act.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

52 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Phone: 076 1106 834.

Price: €3.00. [3D]

S.I. No. 717 of 2020.

OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES (UNITED KINGDOM

MEMBERS) REGULATIONS 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a

legal interpretation.)

These Regulations retain the protections afforded to UK members

under the Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25 of 1990), consequent on the

withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership of the European

Union.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

52 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Phone: 076 1106 834.

Price: €3.00. [5]

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S.I. No. 718 of 2020.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MUTUAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 2008

(DESIGNATION OF UNITED KINGDOM) ORDER 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a

legal interpretation.)

This Order designates the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland for the purposes of mutual assistance between the

State and the United Kingdom under the Criminal Justice (Mutual

Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7 of 2008), in accordance with the relevant

international instruments set out in the Schedule to the Order.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

52 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Phone: 076 1106 834.

Price: €3.00. [3A]

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S.I. No. 719 of 2020.

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED

MEMBER STATES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2020.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a

legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this order is to amend the European Arrest Warrant Act

2003 (Designated Member States) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 4 of 2004)

in light of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland from the European Union, and the expiry of the

transition period provided for under the Agreement on the Withdrawal

of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the

European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

52 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Phone: 076 1106 834.

Price: €3.00. [3B]