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S.I. No. 336/2015 - National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (Sections 6 and 49) (Commencement) Order 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st July, 2015.

I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (4) of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997) and the Arts and Culture (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 302 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Tourism, Culture and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 220 of 2011 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (Sections 6 and 49) (Commencement) Order 2015.

2. The day fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997) come into operation, namely—

(a) section 6(1), in so far as it relates to the repeal of the Documents and Pictures (Regulation of Export) Act 1945 (No. 29 of 1945),

(b) section 6(2), in so far as it is not already in operation, and

(c) in section 49—

(i) paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1),

(ii) subsection (2),

(iii) subsection (4), in relation to any document or painting,

(iv) subsection (5), in relation to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), and

(v) subsection (15),

is 27 July 2015.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 July 2015.

HEATHER HUMPHREYS,

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order brings into effect from 27 July 2015 certain parts of section 49 of the National Cultural Institutions Act as set out above. The Order also commences section 6(1) which gives effect to the repeal of the Documents and Pictures (Regulation of Export) Act, 1945 and section 6(2) which provides that licences granted under the 1945 Act shall continue in force.