S.I. No. 296/1986 - Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora (Hours of Business) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (Hours of Business) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1986.

3. Every person shall be entitled to make the searches of the indexes of the registers referred to in section 70 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, section 50 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863 and section 17 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863 during the period from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2.15 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays with the following exceptions:—

(i) any day which is a public holiday, in which case the Office will be closed, and

(ii) the 24th day of December, or, where such day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the preceding Friday, when a person will be entitled to make the said searches during the period from 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 28th

day of August, 1986.

BARRY DESMOND,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations specify the days and times that Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora will in future be open to the public for the purpose of making searches of the indexes.

4. The Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (Hours of Business) Regulations, 1985 are hereby amended by the substitution for article 3 of the following article:—

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

section 4

of the

Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952

(No. 8 of 1952), hereby makes the following Regulations:—