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]

The Act was repealed and re-enacted by the Interpretation Act 2005. Section 18(b)(ii) of that Act provides that "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
  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.


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