S.I. No. 430/1981 - Fire Services Act, 1981 (Commencement) Order, 1981.

1. This Order may be cited as the Fire Services Act, 1981 (Commencement) Order, 1981.

2. (1) The

Fire Services Act, 1981

, other than section 24, shall come into operation generally on the first day of January, 1982.

(2)

Section 24

of the

Fire Services Act, 1981

shall come into operation generally on the first day of April, 1982.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 18th day of December, 1981.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order brings into operation on 1st January, 1982 all provisions of the

Fire Services Act, 1981

, other than section 24 of the Act, which relates to the giving of advance notice to fire authorities by applicants for certain licences, which will come into operation on 1st April, 1982.

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

section 1

of the

Fire Services Act, 1981

(No. 30 of 1981), hereby orders as follows:—