S.I. No. 288/1995:

MAINTENANCE ACT, 1994 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1995.

MAINTENANCE ACT, 1994 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1995.

I, MERVYN TAYLOR, Minister for Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Maintenance Act, 1994 (No. 28 of 1994), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maintenance Act, 1994 (Commencement) Order, 1995.

2. The 25th day of November, 1995, is fixed as the day on which the Maintenance Act, 1994 (No. 28 of 1994), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of November, 1995.

MERVYN TAYLOR,

Minister for Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes 25th November 1995 as the date on which the Maintenance Act, 1994 comes into operation. On that date the Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance Payments done at New York on the 20th day of June, 1956, will enter into force between Ireland and the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkino Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.