S.I. No. 446/2013 - Local Government Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2013.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th November, 2013.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) (as adapted by the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (No. 193 of 2011) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 27th day of November 2013 is fixed as the day on which section 230 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) comes into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November 2013.

PHIL HOGAN,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the commencement of section 230 of the Local Government Act 2001 from 27th November 2013, which empowers the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to fix a day on which a joint burial board or cemetery joint committee is dissolved and the relevant local authority becomes the successor of the body in question.