S.I. No. 106/1997 - Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986 (Commencement) Order, 1997

1. This Order may be cited as the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

(Commencement) Order, 1997.

2. In this Order "the Act of 1986" means the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

(No. 26 of 1986).

3. The 1st day of May, 1997, is hereby fixed as the day on which section 1 of the Act of 1986 shall come into operation.

4. The 1st day of May, 1997, is hereby fixed as the day on which section 9 of the Act of 1986, in so far as it amends the

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

, shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of March. 1997.

NORA OWEN,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings

section 1

of the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

and section 9 of that Act, in so far as it amends the

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

, into operation on 1st May, 1997.

Section 1

of the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

is concerned with District Court procedures for the examination of debtors as to means.

The amendments made to the

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

by

section 9

of the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

are consequential on section 1 of the 1986 Act and are set out in the First Schedule to that Act.

S.I. No. 106 of 1997.

COURTS (NO. 2) ACT, 1986 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1997

I, NORA OWEN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 10

(5) of the

Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

(No. 26 of 1986), hereby order as follows