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Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-4)1. Short title and commencement.2. Interpretation3. Repeals and savings.4. Application.Part 2 Miscellaneous Rules (ss. 5-12)5. Construing ambiguous or obscure provisions, etc.6. Construing provisions in changing circumstances.7. Supplemental provision to sections 5 and 6.8. Reading provisions together as one and summary proceedings for offences.9. References in enactments to Parts, etc.10. Enactment always speaking.11. References in enactments to examples.12. Deviation from form.Part 3 Citation and Operation of Enactments (ss. 13-17)13. Judicial notice.14. Citation and references to amended enactments.15. Date of passing of Acts of Oireachtas.16. Commencement.17. Exercise of statutory powers before commencement of Act.Part 4 Meaning and Construction of Words and Expressions (ss. 18-21)18. General rules of construction.19. Construction of statutory instruments.20. Interpretation provisions.21. Interpretation of words and expressions in Schedule.Part 5 Powers and Duties (ss. 22-25)22. Powers under enactments.23. Duties under enactments.24. Rules of court.25. Service by post.Part 6 Amendment of Enactments, Etc. (ss. 26-27)26. Repeals and substitutions.27. Effect of repeal of enactment.Schedule - Interpretation of Particular Words and ExpressionsSchedule, Part 1Schedule, Part 2
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AI Summary of 6. Construing provisions in changing circumstances.

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Version date: 1 January 2006 - onwards
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6. Construing provisions in changing circumstances.

In construing a provision of any Act or statutory instrument, a court may make allowances for any changes in the law, social conditions, technology, the meaning of words used in that Act or statutory instrument and other relevant matters, which have occurred since the date of the passing of that Act or the making of that statutory instrument, but only in so far as its text, purpose and context permit.

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