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S.I. No. 715/2011 - Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2012.

I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41 of 2011), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

2. The 1st day of January 2012 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41 of 2011) shall come into operation:

(a) sections 1 and 2;

(b) Part 12.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 December 2011.

JAMES REILLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings into operation sections 1 and 2 and Part 12 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 with effect from the 1st January 2012. Part 12 provides for the dissolution of the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery.