S.I. No. 438/1998:

ORDER entitled NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, 1997 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998

ORDER entitled NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, 1997 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998

I, Sile de Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (4) of the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 (No. 11 of 1997) (as adapted by the Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1997 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 (Commencement) Order, 1998.

2. The 14th of November, 1998, is hereby fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 (No. 11 of 1997), shall come into operation, namely-

(a) section 6(2), in so far as it relates to section 24 of the National Monuments Act, 1930 (No. 2 of 1930), and

(b) section 48, in so far as it relates to paintings in the care of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of November, 1998

Sile de Valera

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order brings into effect from 14th November 1998 certain provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 , including section 48 (register of important cultural objects) insofar as it concerns paintings in the care of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.