Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Act 2011

Amendment of section 8 of Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002.

1.— Section 8 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the Board shall not consider an application under this section that is made on or after 17 September 2011.

(5) The Board shall, not later than 6 weeks before the date subsequently mentioned in this subsection, publish a notice to the effect that the Board shall not consider an application under this section that is made on or after 17 September 2011 in—

(a) Iris Oifigiúil,

(b) 2 daily newspapers circulating in the State, and

(c) 2 daily newspapers circulating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”.