S.I. No. 46/2023 - Assisted Decision - Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th February, 2023.

I, RODERIC O’GORMAN, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (5) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 46 of 2022), after consultation with the Minister for Health, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023.

2. The 17th day of February 2023 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 46 of 2022) shall come into operation:

(a) subsections (1), (5) and (6) of section 1;

(b) section 2;

(c) subsection (1) of section 98.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 February, 2023.

RODERIC O’GORMAN,

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.