S.I. No. 455 of 2009

FINANCIAL MEASURES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2009 (SECTION 17) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th November, 2009.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17(2) of the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 14 of 2009), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Section 17) (Commencement) Order 2009.

2. I appoint 1 December 2009 as the day upon which section 17 of the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 14 of 2009) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November 2009.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order is made under section 17(2) of the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the Act). Section 17 of the Act amends, via the Schedule to the Act, the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 , to allow mainly for the extension of the period of financial support beyond 29 September 2010 by ministerial order.