S.I. No. 103/2015 - Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Commencement Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015.

1. An Garda Síochána.

2. Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited.

3. EirGrid plc.

4. ESB Networks Limited.

5. Iarnród Éireann.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 March 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of this Order is to provide a later commencement date under

Section 1

(3)(b) of the

Freedom of Information Act 2014

for the bodies listed in the Schedule to the Order. These bodies will now become subject to FOI under the Act on 14 October 2015, rather than on the standard commencement date for new FOI bodies of 14 April 2015 (6 months from enactment) as provided for under the Act.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th March

, 2015.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

Freedom of Information Act 2014

(No. 30 of 2014), hereby make the following order

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