S.I. No. 24/2008 - Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008

1. This Order may be cited as the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

(Commencement) Order 2008.

2. The 13 day of February 2008 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

(No. 25 of 2007), as amended by the

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

(No. 42 of 2007), shall come into operation

(

a

) section 1;

(

b

) section 2;

(

c

) section 17;

(

d

) section 18;

(

e

) subsections 2(

a

) and (6) of section 88.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 February 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 brings into operation certain provisions of the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

, as amended by the

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

, with effect from the date on which the Order is made by the Minister.

S.I. No. 24 of 2008

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 2007 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th February

, 2008.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(3) of the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

(No. 25 of 2007), hereby order as follows