S.I. No. 512/2010 - Adoption Act 2010 (Establishment Day) Order 2010.

1. This Order may be cited as the Adoption Act 2010 (Establishment Day) Order 2010.

2. The 1st day of November 2010 is appointed as the establishment day for the purposes of the

Adoption Act 2010

(No. 21 of 2010).

GIVEN under my hand,

1 November 2010.

BARRY ANDREWS,

Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to provide that the

Adoption Act 2010

establishment day shall be the 1st day of November 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th November

, 2010.

I, BARRY ANDREWS, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 6

of the

Adoption Act 2010

(No. 21 of 2010) and the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 (

S.I. No. 508 of 2010

), hereby order as follows