S.I. No. 268/1981 - Dumping At Sea Act, 1981 (Commencement) Order, 1981.

1. This Order may be cited as the Dumping at Sea Act, 1981 (Commencement) Order, 1981.

2. The 10th day of August, 1981, is hereby fixed as the day on which the

Dumping at Sea Act, 1981

(No. 8 of 1981), other than section 2, shall come into operation.

3. The 21st day of September, 1981, is hereby fixed as the day on which

section 2

of the

Dumping at Sea Act, 1981

, shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of July, 1981.

PATRICK COONEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings the

Dumping at Sea Act, 1981

except section 2, into operation on 10th August, 1981, and brings section 2 of that Act into operation on 21st September, 1981.

I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 12

of the

Dumping at Sea Act, 1981

(No. 8 of 1981), hereby order as follows