S.I. No. 543 of 2007

IRISH MEDICINES BOARD (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 31st July, 2007.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(7) of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2007.

2. The 22nd day of July 2007 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006) come into operation:

(a) Parts 1, 4 and 6; and

(b) Part 3 (other than subparagraph (iii), in so far as it relates to cosmetic products, and subparagraphs (iv) and (v), of section 11(a)) in so far as it is not already in operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 July 2007

MARY HARNEY

Minister for Health and Children

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The main effect of this Order is to commence those parts of the section 32 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 .

The overall effect of the Order is to bring the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 into force on 22nd July 2007 insofar as that Act applies to medicinal products.