S.I. No. 383/2016 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd July, 2016.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016.

2. The 19th day of July 2016 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015) shall come into operation:

(a) Part 1, other than section 5;

(b) Part 2, other than—

(i) paragraphs (c) to (f) of section 13(2),

(ii) section 31,

(iii) section 33,

and

(iv) sections 35 and 36.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 July 2016.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order fixes 19 July 2016 as the day on which certain provisions of Parts 1 and 2 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015) come into operation.