S.I. No. 468/2004 - Children Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2004

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 (1) of the Children Act 2001 (No. 24 of 2001) and the Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 474 of 2002 ), hereby order as follows:

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

2. The 29th day of July 2004 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the Children Act 2001 (No. 24 of 2001) come into operation:

(a) Part 1 (other than section 5), sections 78 to 87, 267(2) and 268, and

(b) section 5, and Schedule 2, in so far as they relate to the provisions specified in the third column of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE


Session and Chapter or Number and Year (1)	Short Title (2)	Extent of Repeal (3)
10 & 11 Vict. c. 84	Vagrancy (Ireland) Act, 1847	Section 3, the words “or causing or procuring or encouraging any child or children to do so”.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 100	Offences against the Person Act, 1861	Section 27
10 Edw. 7. c. 25	Children Act (1908) Amendment Act, 1910	The whole Act.
No. 10 of 1924	Courts of Justice Act, 1924	Section 80
No. 6 of 1935	Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935	Section 11
8 Edw. 7. c. 67	Children Act, 1908	The unrepealed pro visions of Part II, sections 94, 96, 98 to 101, 102(1), 102(2), 111, 113 to 115, 121 and 123
No. 12 of 1941	Children Act, 1941	Sections 24, 26 and 27
No. 28 of 1957	Children (Amendment) Act, 1957	Section 4

GIVEN under my hand, this 23rd day of July, 2004.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The primary purpose of this Statutory Instrument is to bring into operation from 29 July 2004 the provisions of the Children Act 2001 which provide for the operation of the family conference that is convened by the Probation and Welfare Service on the directions of the Children Court.