S.I. No. 400/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement Of Certain Provisions) Order 2019

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019.

2. The 16th day of August 2019 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

) Part 7 (insofar as it is not already in operation);

(

b

) subsection (1)(b) of section 135;

(

c

) sections 136 and 137;

(

d

) section 216;

(

e

) subsection (3) of section 218.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 July, 2019.

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 16 August 2019 as the day on which certain provisions of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015) come into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd August,

2019.

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