Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993

The Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993 was an Interpretation Act passed by the Oireachtas in order to promote gender-inclusive language. It supplemented the Interpretation Act 1937 by providing that (as well as the pre-existing rule that the masculine includes feminine) the feminine gender would also be taken to include the masculine.[1]

Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERPRETATION ACT 1937.
CitationNo. 35 of 1993
Signed22 December 1993
Repealed1 January 2006
Legislative history
Bill citationNo. 55 of 1993
Introduced byMinister for Equality and Law Reform (Mervyn Taylor)
Introduced7 March 1961
Repealed by
Interpretation Act 2005
Status: Repealed

The Act was repealed and re-enacted by the Interpretation Act 2005. Section 18(b)(ii) of that Act provides, "In an Act passed on or after 22 December 1993, and in a statutory instrument made after that date, a word importing the feminine gender shall be read as also importing the masculine gender".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993". Electronic Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Interpretation Act 2005". Electronic Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 2 January 2018.