S.I. No. 502/2013 - Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 1st day of January 2014 is appointed as the day on which the

Child and Family Agency Act 2013

(No. 40 of 2013) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 December 2013.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

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

This order appoints 1 January 2014 as the date on which the

Child and Family Agency Act 2013

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th December

, 2013.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Child and Family Agency Act 2013

(No. 40 of 2013), hereby order as follows