S.I. No. 545/2005 - Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005


S.I. No. 545 of 2005 .

DORMANT ACCOUNTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2005.

I, ÉAMON Ó CUÍV, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17(1) of the Dormant Accounts (Amendment Act 2005 (No. 8 of 2005), hereby order as follows:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005.

Commencement

2.  The 1 September 2005 is appointed as the day on which the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 comes into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of August, 2005.

 

ÉAMON Ó CUÍV,

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 provides for changes in relation to decision-making on disbursements from the Dormant Accounts Fund and for the establishment of a reconstituted Board (the Dormant Accounts Board).

This Order provides that the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 will come into effect on 1 September 2005.