Children Act, 2001

Commencement.

2.—(1) This Act shall, subject to subsection (2), come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

(2) (a)  Parts 2 and 3 shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister for Health and Children, may be fixed generally in relation to either or both of these Parts or with reference to any particular purpose or provision thereof, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different such provisions.

(b)   Section 77 shall come into operation on such day as the Minister, with the agreement of the Minister for Health and Children, may be order appoint.

(c)   Section 88 , in so far as it relates to junior remand centres, shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Education and Science may by order appoint.

(d)  Part 10 shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister for Education and Science, may be fixed either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

(e)  Part 11 shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Health and Children, with the agreement of the Minister for Education and Science, may by order appoint.