Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd November, 2019. | ||
I, CHARLES FLANAGAN, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (3) and (4) of section 1 of the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (No. 23 of 2019) and, in relation to the commencement of Part 3 of that Act, after consultation with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019. | ||
2. The 1st day of November 2019 is appointed as the day on which the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (No. 23 of 2019) comes into operation. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
29 October, 2019. | ||
CHARLES FLANAGAN, | ||
Minister for Justice and Equality. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This Order appoints 1 November 2019 as the date on which the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 comes into operation. The Act provides for the civil status of a missing person where the circumstances of his or her absence leads to a presumption of death. A presumption of death order may be made by a court where the court is satisfied that the circumstances of the person having gone missing indicate that his or her death is either virtually certain or highly probable. |