S.I. No. 1/2017 - Courts Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2017.

1. This Order may be cited as the Courts Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2017.

2. The 11th day of January 2017 is appointed as the day on which

section 2

of the

Courts Act 2016

(No. 22 of 2016) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 January 2017.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 11 January, 2017 as the date on which

section 2

of the

Courts Act 2016

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th January

, 2017.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(4) of the

Courts Act 2016

(No. 22 of 2016), hereby order as follows