Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 15th November, 2013.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (4) of section 1 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 17 of 2012), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 16th day of November 2013 is appointed as the day on which paragraph (b) of section 16 (insofar as it inserts paragraph (b) of subsection (1A) of section 144 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001)) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 17 of 2012) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 November 2013.

PHIL HOGAN,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order commences the outstanding provision in Part 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 relating to the position of manager in North and South Tipperary. The commencement will insert a new provision in section 144 of the Local Government Act 2001 which provides that, in the case of North Tipperary County and South Tipperary County, the same person shall be the manager and in so doing will allow for the appointment of such a manager. In the case of Tipperary, the dual manager will be appointed in accordance with section 145(3A) of the Local Government Act 2001 inserted by section 17 (b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 .