S.I. No. 171/2008 - Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2008

1. This Order may be cited as the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008

(Commencement) Order 2008.

2. In this Order “Act of 2008” means the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008

(No. 6 of 2008).

3. The 5th day of June 2008 is appointed as the day on which the Act of 2008, other than—

(

a

) sections 3, 4 and 5, and

(

b

) section 21 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2008 in so far as they relate to the repeal of the provision of the enactment specified in column (3) opposite reference number 2 in column (1) of that Schedule,

shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 June 2008

MARY HARNEY.

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order commences most provisions of the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2008.

S.I. No. 171 of 2008

VOLUNTARY HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2008 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th June

, 2008.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22(3) of the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008

(No. 6 of 2008), hereby order as follows