S.I. No. 236/2012 - Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

2. The 3rd day of July 2012 is appointed as the day on which the

Competition (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 18 of 2012) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 June 2012.

RICHARD BRUTON,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings the

Competition (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 18 of 2012) into operation on 3rd July 2012. This Act strengthens the enforcement of competition law in the State.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

6

th July

, 2012.

I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of

section 10

of the

Competition (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 18 of 2012), hereby order as follows