S.I. No. 15/2020 - Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 31

st

day of January 2020 is appointed as the day on which the

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019

(No. 40 of 2019) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 January, 2020.

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 31

st

January, 2020, as the date on which the

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019

(No. 40 of 2019) comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

21

st January,

2020.

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

section 7

(2) of the

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019

(No. 40 of 2019), hereby order as follows