S.I. No. 604/2020 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Section 218) (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Section 218) (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 16th day of December 2020 is fixed as the day on which section 218, in so far as it is not already in operation, of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 December, 2020.

HELEN MCENTEE,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

.)

This Order fixes 16 December 2020 as the day on which section 218, in so far as it is not already in operation, of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015) comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

18

th December,

2020.

I, HELEN MCENTEE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

(No. 65 of 2015) (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 452 of 2020

)), hereby order as follows