S.I. No. 517/2016 - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th October, 2016.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (3) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (No. 64 of 2015), and after consulting with the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) 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) the definition of “Minister” in section 82;

(b) the definitions of “code of practice” and “working group” in section 91(1);

(c) section 91(2).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 October 2016.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the commencement of section 91(2), and relevant definitions, of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 for the establishment, by the Minister for Health, of a multidisciplinary working group of suitable persons willing and able to make recommendations to the Director of the Decision Support Service in relation to codes of practice pertaining to the advance healthcare directive provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 .