S.I. No. 404 of 2008

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2002 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st October, 2008.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (No. 6 of 2002), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2008.

2. In this Order “Act of 2004” means the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 6 of 2004).

3. The 1st day of July 2009 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (No. 6 of 2002) come into operation-

(a) section 33 (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2004),

(b) section 35 (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 2004),

(c) section 36 (inserted by section 7 of the Act of 2004),

(d) section 37 (inserted by section 8 of the Act of 2004),

(e) subsections (2), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) of section 38 (inserted by section 9 of the Act of 2004),

(f) section 39 (as amended by section 10 of the Act of 2004),

(g) section 42 (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 2004),

(h) section 43 (inserted by section 14 of the Act of 2004), and

(i) section 44.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 October 2008

MARY HARNEY

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order may be cited as Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2008.

This Order commences sections 33, 35, 36, 37, subsections (2), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) of section 38, 39, 42, 43 and 44 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (No. 6 of 2002) with effect from 1 July 2009.