S.I. No. 148/2015 - Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th April, 2015.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 (5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby make the following order, a draft of which has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015.

Private Residential Tenancies Board

2. The 21st day of April 2012 is the effective date under section 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014) in the case of the Private Residential Tenancies Board.

Refugee Applications Commissioner and Refugee Appeals Tribunal

3. The 14th day of October 2014 is the effective date under section 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014) in the case of—

(a) the Refugee Applications Commissioner, and

(b) the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 April 2015.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government.

The Minister for Justice and Equality consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 April 2015.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 April 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of this Order is to provide different effective dates (retrospective dates) back to which the records of the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal will be available under FOI once they become public bodies under the Act on 14 April 2015. The relevant effective dates are set out in the Order. The standard effective date of 21 April 2008 provided for under the Act will not, therefore, apply to those bodies.