S.I. No. 428/1998 - Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 1998.

S.I. No. 428 of 1998.

HOUSING (TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION) ACT, 1998 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1998.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 1 (4) of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 (No: 33 of 1998), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1998 ( S.I. No. 316 of 1998 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, (Commencement) (No. 2) Order, 1998.

2. Section 6 of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 , shall come into operation on the 3rd day of November 1998.

Dated this 3rd day of November 1998.

ROBERT MOLLOY

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 6 provides for the triennial statutory assessment of needs under section 9 of the Housing Act, 1988 to be carried out in an integrated and comprehensive way in relation to all the accommodation needs of travellers and in consultation with travellers.