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S.I. No. 474/2017 - Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2017
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2017.
2. In this Order-
“Act of 1964” means the
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964
(No. 7 of 1964);
“Act of 1965” means the
Succession Act 1965
(No. 27 of 1965);
“Act of 2010” means the
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
(No. 24 of 2010).
3. The 2nd day of November 2017 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
(No. 9 of 2015) shall come into operation
(a) section 47, insofar as it is not already in operation;
(b) section 66, other than insofar as paragraph (c) of that section relates to the insertion of subsection (2)(b) in section 27A of the Act of 1965;
(c) section 135, insofar as paragraph (a) of the definition of“dependent child of the civil partners”, inserted by that section in section 2 of the Act of 2010, relates to a dependent child adopted by both civil partners under the
Adoption Act 2010
;
(d) section 151, other than insofar as subsection (2), inserted by that section in section 113 of the Act of 2010, relates to section 6B of the Act of 1964.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
2 November 2017.
CHARLES FLANAGAN,
Minister for Justice and Equality.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
The Minister for Justice and Equality has made an order, entitled above, which appoints 2 November 2017 as the date on which specified provisions of the
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
come into effect.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of
7
th November
, 2017.
I, CHARLES FLANAGAN, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 1
(5) of the
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
(No. 9 of 2015), hereby order as follows