S.I. No. 387/2012 - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

2. The 4th day of October 2012 is appointed as the day on which Part 1 and

section 44

of the

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012

(No. 35 of 2012) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 October 2012.

RUAIRI QUINN,

Minister for Education and Skills.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the commencement of Part 1 and

Section 44

of the

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012

. Part 1 deals with preliminary and general matters.

Section 44

amends the

Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002

to allow the Residential Institutions Redress Board to strike out a request, for an extension of time to make an application under section 8 of the Act, where the applicant fails to comply with a direction of the Board. It also amends section 13 of the Act to allow the Board to strike out an application for an award under the Act where the applicant has furnished the necessary proofs but where the applicant fails to comply with a direction of the Board. The Board is required to give at least 28 days’ notice of its intention to strike out a request under section 8 or an application under section 13. An applicant can appeal a decision of the Board to strike out an application under section 13 to the Review Committee.

S.I. No. 387 of 2012

RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS STATUTORY FUND ACT 2012 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2012

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th October

, 2012.

I, Ruairí Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012

(No. 35 of 2012), hereby order as follows