S.I. No. 72/1997:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1997.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1997.

I, ALAN DUKES, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 (2) of the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 (No. 34 of 1996), hereby make the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 (Commencement) Order, 1997.

2. In this Order, "the Act" means the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 (No. 34 of 1996).

3. The 7th day of February, 1997, is hereby appointed as the day on which section 14 (2) of the Act shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of February, 1997.

ALAN DUKES,

Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation on 7 February, 1997 certain provisions of the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 . The Order provides for the commencement of provisions of the Act concerning the repeal of certain provisions of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 relating to the corporate governance of Bord Telecom Eireann.