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S.I. No. 657/2011 - Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 23rd December, 2011.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (No. 29 of 2011), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

2. The day appointed as the day on which the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (No. 29 of 2011) comes into operation is 1st January 2012.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 December 2011.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings into operation with effect from 1st January 2012 all provisions of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 .