S.I. No. 453/2011 - Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th September, 2011.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (6) of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 19 of 2011), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

2. The 8 day of September 2011 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 19 of 2011) shall come into operation:

(a) Part 1;

(b) Part 4;

(c) Part 6.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 September 2011.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Statutory Instrument commences Part 1, Part 4 and Part 6 of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 19 of 2011).

Part 1 deals with provisions of short title, collective citations, commencement and definitions.

Part 4 provides for an amendment of Part 7A of the Health Act 2004 which was inserted by Section 1 of the Health Act 2010. Part 4 provides, in the public interest, for the furnishing by the Health Service Executive (HSE) of information and documents to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and for related matters.

Part 6 provides for the dissolution of the Children Acts Advisory Board.