S.I. No. 508/2011 - Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

2. The 10th day of October 2011 is appointed as the day on which section 30(

g

) of the

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011

shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 October 2011.

ALAN SHATTER,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 10 October, 2011 as the date on which the provisions of

section 30

(

g

) of the

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011

come into operation.

Section 30(

g

) amends

section 85

of the

Bankruptcy Act 1988

to provide, subject to conditions, for the reduction of the application period to the court for discharge from bankruptcy from 12 years to 5 years and to provide for the automatic discharge of bankruptcies on the 12th anniversary of the adjudication order.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th October

, 2011.

I, ALAN SHATTER, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(10) of the

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011

(No. 23 of 2011), hereby order as follows