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Consumer: Legislation Programme Spring/Summer 2017

Bill

Purpose

Status

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

To provide for minimum unit pricing for retailing of alcohol products; to regulate the advertising and sponsorship of alcohol; to provide for a structural separation of alcohol from other products in mixed trading outlets; to provide for health labelling of alcohol products; and to regulate the sale and supply of alcohol in certain circumstances.

Committee Stage (Seanad)

Sale of Alcohol Bill

To codify the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Heads of bill approved April 2012, work is underway

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments (NAWI) Bill

To transpose Article 3(3) of Directive 2014/31 of the European Parliament and Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments (NAWI).

Heads are currently being drafted

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016

To repeal section 30 of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 which sets out the mechanism for regulating postal pricing within universal service using a price cap mechanism. The Bill also provides that the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) will undertake a review of the consequences of the repeal of section 30 of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011.

Order for Second Stage (Dáil)