Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigi il” of 21st June, 2024.

I, RODERIC O’GORMAN, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 (3) of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 21 of 2022), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2024.

2. The 1^st day of July 2024 is appointed as the day on which section 3 of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 21 of 2022) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 June, 2024.

RODERIC O’GORMAN,

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

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 section 3 of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 21 of 2022) with effect from 1^st July 2024. Section 3 amends the Child Care Act 1991 (the Principal Act) by inserting a definition of the Data Protection Regulation into section 2(1), that is, the interpretation section, of the Principal Act.

The following sections of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 came into effect on 21^st September 2022 following the making of S.I. No. 464/2022 - Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022: sections 1, 4, 6 and 13.