S.I. No. 299/2018 - Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2018

1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2018.

2. The 17 day of August 2018 is appointed as the day on which the

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

(No. 36 of 2017) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 July 2018.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 17 August 2018 as the date on which the

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd August

, 2018.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 11

(2) of the

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

(No. 36 of 2017), hereby order as follows