S.I. No. 360/2021 - Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2021
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th July, 2021. | ||
I, Simon Harris Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 36 of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018) and the Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 451 of 2020 ), hereby make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to section 3 of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2021. | ||
2. The 1st day of October 2021 is appointed to be the appointed day for the purpose of section 36 of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018) and this Order. | ||
3. On the appointed day referred to in Article 2 - | ||
(a) the following applicant institutes shall stand dissolved: | ||
(i) Athlone Institute of Technology; | ||
(ii) Limerick Institute of Technology, | ||
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(b) the technological university known by the following name shall stand established: | ||
(i) in the English language, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, | ||
(ii) in the Irish language Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta na Sionainne: Lár Tíre, An tIarthar Láir. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
16 July, 2021. | ||
SIMON HARRIS, | ||
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. |