S.I. No. 593/2001 - Dormant Accounts Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Dormant Accounts Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001.

Commencement.

2. The 1st day of January 2002, is hereby appointed as the day on which the

Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

(No. 32 of 2001) come into operation.

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community And Family Affairs, this 18th day of December, 2001.

DERMOT AHERN

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The

Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

deals with dormant accounts in credit institutions.

This Order provides that the

Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

will come into effect on the 1st day of January, 2002.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 1

(2) of the

Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

(No. 32 of 2001), hereby orders as follows

Citation.