S.I. No. 576/2001 - Standards in Public Office Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Standards in Public Office Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001.

2. The tenth day of December, 2001, is appointed as the day on which the

Standards in Public Office Act, 2001

(No. 31 of 2001), except in so far as it relates to either House of the Oireachtas, or members, or the Clerk, of either such House, or committees of either such House or joint committees of both such Houses or subcommittees of any of the committees aforesaid, or their members or clerks, shall come into operation.

GIVEN under the Official

Seal of the Government,

THIS 20th day of

November, 2001.

Bertie Ahern

Taoiseach.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 29

(2) of the

Standards in Public Office Act, 2001

(No. 31 of 2001), makes the following order