S.I. No. 394/2009 - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Specified Forms) Order 2009

1. This Order may be cited as the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Specified Forms) Order 2009.

2. In this Order “Act of 2009” means the

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

(No. 15 of 2009).

3. The 28th day of September 2009 is appointed as the day on which section 44 of the Act of 2009 comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 September 2009.

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.)

The effect of this Order is to commence

section 44

of the

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

to enable the HSE to specify forms required under the scheme. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is a scheme of financial support for people in need of long-term residential care.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd October

, 2009.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

of the

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

(No. 15 of 2009), hereby order as follows