S.I. No. 217/2004 - Local Government Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2004

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2004.

2.  In this Order “the Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) as amended.

3.  On 19th May 2004 section 5(1) of and Part I of Schedule 3 to the Act of 2001 shall come into operation for the purposes of the repeal of section 21 of the Local Government Act 1955 (No. 9 of 1955) and for the purposes of the repeal of section 25 (other than subsection (6) of that section) of the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (No. 8 of 1974).

4.  On 21 May 2004 section 169 (other than subsection (4)(a)(ii) and (4)(b)(ii) of that section), and references to a code of conduct in sections 166(1), 167(2), 170(1) and 174(6) of the Act of 2001 shall come into operation.

5.  On 1 January 2005 subsection (4)(a)(ii) and (4)(b)(ii) of section 169 and section 171(1)(b) of the Act of 2001 shall come into operation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides for the further commencement of provisions of Part 15 of the Local Government Act 2001 relating to an ethical framework for the local government service and for certain repeals.