S.I. No. 213 of 2009

VOLUNTARY HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2008 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 9th June, 2009.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22(3) of the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 6 of 2008), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2009.

2. In this Order, "Act of 2008" means the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 6 of 2008).

3. Subject to Article 4, the 10th day of June 2009 is appointed as the day on which the Act of 2008 shall, in so far as it is not already in operation, come into operation.

4. The 1st day of January 2010 is appointed as the day on which section 21 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2008, in so far as they relate to repeal of the provision of the enactment specified in column (3) opposite reference number 2 in column (1) of that Schedule, shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 June 2009

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 provides for the commencement of the outstanding parts of the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 .