S.I. No. 152/2015 - Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015.

1. This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015.

2. The 1st day of September 2015 is appointed as the day on which Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the

Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

(No. 5 of 2015) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 April 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.)

This Order provides for the commencement of Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 and the Schedule of the

Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

24

th April

, 2015.

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

section 1

(2) of the

Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

(No. 5 of 2015), hereby order as follows