S.I. No. 389/2009 - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (Establishment Day) Order 2009

S.I. No. 389 of 2009

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY OF IRELAND (ESTABLISHMENT DAY) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd October, 2009.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18 of 2009) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (Establishment Day) Order 2009.

2. The day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of Part 2, sections 49 and 157 and Part 12 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18 of 2009) is 1 October 2009.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 September 2009.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings Part 2, sections 49 and 157 and Part 12 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 into operation.

Part 2 of the Act establishes the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

Section 49 provides that the BAI must within 6 months of this Order prepare a scheme for the exercise of the right of reply in respect of persons whose honour or reputation have been impugned by an assertion of incorrect facts or information in a broadcast.

Section 157 provides for the establishment and maintenance of a fund in respect of monies paid to, and expended by the BAI under Part 10 of the Act (Broadcasting Fund).

Part 12 provides for the dissolution of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and for the vesting of their assets, rights, obligations and liabilities in the BAI.