S.I. No. 196/1978 - Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 (Commencement) Order, 1978.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

(Commencement) Order, 1978.

2. Sections 1 to 4, 6 to 25, and

section 65

of the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

shall come into operation on the 17th day of July, 1978.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 17th dayof July, 1978.

(Signed) CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation certain provisions of the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

, preparatory to setting up the Medical Council the establishment of which is provided for in the Act.

S.I. No. 196 of 1978.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1978 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1978.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 3

of the

Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

(No. 4 of 1978), hereby orders as follows:—