STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 529 of 2006

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2006

ORDER

entitled

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2006

To be made by the Minister for Justice,

Equality and Law Reform

I, Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26 of 2006) hereby order as follows:

1.         This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2006.

2.         In this Order -�Act of 2006-� means the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26 of 2006).

3.         The 16th day of October 2006 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2006 shall come into operation:

(a)  sections 120, 121(a), 128, 129 and 130, and

(b)  section 158 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act of 2006 in so far as they relate to the amendment of the provision of the Children Act 2001 (No. 24 of 2001) specified at reference number 5 of that Schedule.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Statutory Instrument brings into operation certain provision of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 .