S.I. No. 16/2005 - Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (Section 16) (Commencement) Order 2005

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (No. 8 of 2002) hereby orders as follows:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (Section 16 (Commencement) Order 2005.

Commencement

2. Section 16 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 , in so far as it relates to Item 3 of Part 4, Items 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of Part 5 and Item 2 of Part 6 of the Schedule to the said Act, comes into operation—

(a) for the purposes of the District of Clonmel, within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Acts 1863 to 1996, on 17 January 2005,

(b) for the purposes of the Districts of Cashel, Tipperary Gorey, New Ross and Enniscorthy within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Acts 1863 to 1996, on 18 January 2005, and

(c) for the purposes of the Districts of Carlow and Kilkenny, within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Acts 1863 to 1996, on 20 January 2005.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order provides for the commencement of the following items of the Schedule to the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 in so far as it relates to the Districts of Clonmel, Cashel, Tipperary, Gorey, New Ross, Enniscorthy, Carlow and Kilkenny:

Item 3 of Part 4, Items 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of Part 5 and Item 2 of Part 6.

These items provide for amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Acts and the Marriages (Ireland) Acts.

The commencement of these provisions is necessary to enable the electronic registration of births and deaths in the Civil Registration Office in the District of Clonmel from 17 January 2005, in the Districts of Cashel, Tipperary, Gorey New Ross and Enniscorthy from 18 January 2005, and in the Districts of Carlow and Kilkenny from 20 January 2005. It will also allow for the capture of additional information at the time of registration.