S.I. No. 586/2019 - Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th November, 2019.

I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (6) of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (No. 19 of 2019), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The 2nd day of December 2019 is appointed as the day on which the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (No. 19 of 2019), other than sections 2(1), 9 and 21, shall come into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November, 2019.

HEATHER HUMPHREYS,

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 2 December 2019 as the day on which the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 comes into operation, in its entirety, other than sections 2(1), 9 and 21. As provided for in Section 1(7) of that Act, these sections will automatically come into operation on the date that is 6 months from the passing of the Act, which was signed by the President on 26th June 2019.