Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 9, to delete lines 23 to 30, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following:

"Short title, collective citations and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015.(2) Part 9 and the Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2014 may be cited together as the Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2015.

(3) Part 11 and the Adoption Acts 2010 to 2013 may be cited together as the Adoption Acts 2010 to 2015.

(4) Section 169 and the Child Care Acts 1991 to 2013 may be cited together as the Child Care Acts 1991 to 2015.

(5) This Act, subject to subsections (6) to (9), shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(6) Parts 2 and 3 shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister for Health may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(7) Part 9 shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister may, after consulting with the Minister for Social Protection, appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(8) Part 10 shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(9) Part 11 shall come into operation on the day or days that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.".

This amendment, which was signalled on Committee Stage, substitutes section 1 with a revised section providing revised collective citations to enable the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commence Part 10, which constitutes certain amendments to the Passports Act 2008. The amendment is somewhat different from what I had indicated in that I am now providing for collective citations of the Civil Registration Acts and Child Care Acts. However, I am not providing a collective citation for the Guardianship of Infants Act with Part 4 since all of the changes to that Act are full textual amendments and this limits the value of a collective citation. The amendment is technical in nature and relates to the Title and commencement dates.

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