S.I. No. 348/2001 - Irish Pound Coinage (Calling In) (No. 2) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Irish Pound Coinage (Calling In) (No. 2) Order, 2001.

2. This Order shall come into operation on 10 February 2002.

3. (1) All coins of the denominations specified in the Schedule to this Order issued under the Decimal Currency Acts, 1969 to 1990, are called in with effect from the coming into operation of this Order to the extent not previously called in.

(2) All coins of the denomination of ten shillings issued under the

Coinage Act, 1950

(No. 32 of 1950), are called in with effect from the coming into operation of this Order.

(3) All coins of the denomination of one pound issued pursuant to

section 30

of the

Economic and Monetary Union Act, 1998

(No. 38 of 1998), are called in with effect from the coming into operation of this Order.

4. The Irish Pound Coinage (Calling In) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 311 of 2001

) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

(Denominations of coins issued under the Decimal Currency Acts, 1969 to 1990, and called in)

One pound.

Fifty pence.

Twenty pence.

Ten pence.

Five pence.

Two pence.

One penny.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

this 26th day of July 2001.

Charlie McCreevy

Minister for Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order provides for the calling-in from 10 February 2002 of the £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p and 10 shilling coins. The Order also revokes the Irish Pound Coinage (Calling In) Order 2001 (

SI No. 311 of 2001

).

I, Charlie McCreevy, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 15

(1) of the

Economic and Monetary Union Act, 1998

(No. 38 of 1998), hereby order as follows