S.I. No. 80/2020 - Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 4

th

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

Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017

(No. 19 of 2017), insofar as it is not already in operation, shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs,

16 March, 2020.

KATHERINE ZAPPONE,

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 4 May 2020 as the date on which the following provisions of the

Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017

come into operation

Section 3(a) of the 2017 Act in so far as it amends

section 3

(1) of the

Adoption Act 2010

to insert the following definitions

“donor-conceived child”;

“father”; and

paragraph (b) of “relevant non-guardian”.

Section 3(b) of the 2017 Act in so far as it amends section 3(1) of the 2010 Act to insert a new paragraph (b) into definition of “parent”.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th March,

2020.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by

section 43

(2) of the

Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017

(No. 19 of 2017), hereby orders as follows