Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 2001

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 2001.

(2) (a) The Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1999, and this Act may be cited together as the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 2001, and shall be construed together as one Act.

(b) The Education Acts, 1878 to 1998 and section 36 may be cited as the Education Acts, 1878 to 2001.

(c) The Regional Technical Colleges Acts, 1992 to 1999, and section 37 may be cited together as the Regional Technical Colleges Acts, 1992 to 2001.

(d) The Dublin Institute of Technology Acts, 1992 and 1994, and section 38 may be cited together as the Dublin Institute of Technology Acts, 1992 to 2001.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may, by order or orders, appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions and for the repeal of different enactments effected by section 4 .