S.I. No. 228/2018 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2018

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2018.

2. The 29th day of June 2018 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015) shall come into operation

(

a

) section 13(2)(

f

);

(

b

) sections 133 and 134;

(

c

) section 135, other than—

(i) paragraphs (

a

) and (

b

) of subsection (1),

and

(ii) subsection (2).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 June 2018.

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.)

This Order fixes 29 June 2018 as the day on which certain provisions of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015), which relate to the roll of practising barristers, come into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd July

, 2018.

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

section 1

(2) of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015), hereby order as follows