S.I. No. 515/2016 - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th October, 2016.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (No. 64 of 2015), and after consulting with the Minister for Health, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016.

2. The 17th day of October 2016 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (No. 64 of 2015) shall come into operation:

(a) Part 1, other than sections 3, 4 and 7;

(b) Part 9, other than section 96, section 102 and Chapter 3.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

12 October 2016.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 17 October 2016 as the date on which specified provisions of Parts 1 and 9 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 come into operation.