| Legislature: | Oireachtas |
| Long Title: | AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERPRETATION ACT 1937. |
| Citation: | No. 35 of 1993 |
| Date Signed: | 22 December 1993 |
| Bill Citation: | No. 55 of 1993 |
| Bill Date: | 7 March 1961 |
| Introduced By: | Minister for Equality and Law Reform (Mervyn Taylor) |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Repealed By: | Interpretation Act 2005 |
| Date Repealed: | 1 January 2006 |
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The Act was repealed and re-enacted by the Interpretation Act 2005.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, "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]