S.I. No. 370/2014 - Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2014.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th August, 2014.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 10 (4) of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (No. 28 of 2014), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2014.

2. The 5th day of August 2014 is appointed as the day on which sections 7 , 8 and 10 (3) of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 (No. 28 of 2014) come into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 August 2014.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings into operation on 5th August, 2014, certain provisions of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014 in relation to amending a definition in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act, 2009; repealing and replacing section 8 of the Opticians Act, 1956 to provide for the years which are to be election years for the purposes of that Act.