S.I. No. 303/1991:

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (APPLICABLE LAW) ACT, 1991 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1991.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (APPLICABLE LAW) ACT, 1991 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1991.

I, RAY BURKE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (2) of the Contractual Obligations (Applicable Law) Act, 1991 (No. 8 of 1991), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Contractual Obligations (Applicable Law) Act, 1991 (Commencement) Order, 1991.

2. The 1st day of January, 1992, is hereby fixed as the day on which the Contractual Obligations (Applicable Law) Act, 1991 (No. 8 of 1991), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of November, 1991.

RAY BURKE,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes 1st January, 1992 as the date on which the Contractual Obligations (Applicable Law) Act, 1991 comes into operation. The Act gives effect to the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations signed at Rome on 19th June, 1980 and to a Convention providing for the accession of Greece to that Convention. The Convention will determine which country's laws should apply in a contract case where there is a choice between the laws of different countries.