S.I. No. 310 of 2009

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2009 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 7th August, 2009.

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(3) of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 28 of 2009), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2009.

2. In this Order, "Act of 2009" means the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 28 of 2009).

3. The 1st August 2009 is appointed as the day on which-

(a) Part 1,

(b) sections 25 to 27,

(c) sections 29 to 33,

(d) sections 35, 37 and 39,

(e) section 40 (insofar as it inserts sections 9A and 9B of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (No. 12 of 1990)), and

(f) sections 41 to 44,

of the Act of 2009 shall come into operation.

4. The 1st January 2010 is appointed as the day on which section 34 of the Act of 2009 shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 July 2009.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.