S.I. No. 337/2008 - Prisons Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008

1. This Order may be cited as the

Prisons Act 2007

(Commencement) Order 2008.

2. The 29th day of August 2008 is appointed as the day on which sections 33 and 34 of the

Prisons Act 2007

(No. 10 of 2007) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

12 August 2008

DERMOT AHERN

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Statutory Instrument brings into operation sections 33 and 34 of the

Prisons Act 2007

which provide for certain applications to a court in criminal proceedings to be heard using videolink and where the accused or convicted person is in prison, a remand centre or a children detention centre within the meaning of the

Children Act 2001

.

S.I. No. 337 of 2008

PRISONS ACT 2007 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

22

nd August

, 2008.

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the

Prisons Act 2007

(No. 10 of 2007), hereby order as follows