S.I. No. 371/1996:

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1996.

PROTECTION OF YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1996.

I, EITHNE FITZGERALD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 29 (2) of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996) and the Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1996 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1996 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Commencement) Order, 1996.

2. The 2nd day of January, 1997, is hereby appointed as the day on which the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (No. 16 of 1996), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my hand, this 4th day of December, 1996.

EITHNE FITZGERALD

T.D., Minister of State at the Department of

Enterprise and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order appoints the 2nd day of January, 1997 as the day on which the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 comes into operation.