S.I. No. 112/2017 - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017.

1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017.

2. The 27th day of March 2017 is appointed as the day on which Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 (other than sections 46, 47, 51(

b

) and 52) of the

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

(No. 2 of 2017) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 March 2017.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

31

st March

, 2017.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of

section 1

of the

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

(No. 2 of 2017), hereby order as follows