S.I. No. 468/2004 - Children Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2004

1. This Order may be cited as the Children Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2004.

2. The 29th day of July 2004 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the

Children Act 2001

(No. 24 of 2001) come into operation

(

a

) Part 1 (other than section 5), sections 78 to 87, 267(2) and 268, and

(

b

) section 5, and Schedule 2, in so far as they relate to the provisions specified in the third column of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Session and Chapter or Number and Year

(1)

Short Title

(2)

Extent of Repeal

(3)

10 & 11 Vict. c. 84

Vagrancy (Ireland) Act, 1847

Section 3, the words “or causing or procuring or encouraging any child or children to do so”.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 100

Offences against the Person Act, 1861

Section 27

10 Edw. 7. c. 25

Children Act (1908) Amendment Act, 1910

The whole Act.

No. 10 of 1924

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

Section 80

No. 6 of 1935

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935

Section 11

8 Edw. 7. c. 67

Children Act, 1908

The unrepealed pro visions of Part II, sections 94, 96, 98 to 101, 102(1), 102(2), 111, 113 to 115, 121 and 123

No. 12 of 1941

Children Act, 1941

Sections 24, 26 and 27

No. 28 of 1957

Children (Amendment) Act, 1957

Section 4

GIVEN under my hand, this 23rd day of July, 2004.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The primary purpose of this Statutory Instrument is to bring into operation from 29 July 2004 the provisions of the

Children Act 2001

which provide for the operation of the family conference that is convened by the Probation and Welfare Service on the directions of the Children Court.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(1) of the

Children Act 2001

(No. 24 of 2001) and the Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 474 of 2002

), hereby order as follows