S.I. No. 36/2020 - Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020

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

2. The 20th day of February 2020 is appointed to be the day on which the

Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019

(No. 52 of 2019) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 February, 2020.

EOGHAN MURPHY,

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

.)

This Order appoints 20 February 2020 as the date on which the

Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th February

, 2020.

I, EOGHAN MURPHY, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of

section 11

of the

Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019

(No. 52 of 2019), hereby order as follows