S.I. No. 37/2000 - Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 (Commencement) Order, 2000.

1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, (Commencement) Order, 2000.

2.

Section 25

of the

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998

, shall come into operation on the date of this order.

Dated this 1st day of February, 2000.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The purpose of this section is to bring

Section 25

of the

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998

into operation. Section 25 provides local authorities with powers to give loans for the provision of private traveller specific accommodation, i.e., caravans or sites for caravans.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by

section 1

(4) of the

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998

(No. 33 of 1998), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1998 (

S.I. No. 316 of 1998

), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following order