S.I. No. 6/2020 - Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. In this Order, “Act of 2018” means the

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018

(No. 14 of 2018).

3. The 14

th

day of January 2020 is appointed as the day on which section 9 of the Act of 2018 shall, insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 65 into Part X of the

Education Act 1998

(No. 51 of 1998), come into operation.

4. The 1

st

day of February 2020 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2018 shall come into operation

(

a

) sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6;

(

b

) section 9, insofar as it relates to the insertion of sections 61, 62 and 63 into Part X of the

Education Act 1998

(No. 51 of 1998);

(

c

) section 10(a);

(

d

) section 11(b), insofar as it relates to the insertion of the definition of “admission policy” into section 7A(6) of the

Equal Status Act 2000

(No. 8 of 2000);

(

e

) section 12(a).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 January 2020.

JOE MCHUGH

Minister for Education and Skills.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

17

th January,

2020.

I, Joe McHugh, Minister for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (4) and (5) of

section 13

of the

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018

(No. 14 of 2018) and, in relation to the commencement of

section 11

of that Act, after consultation with the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby order as follows