Commencement
8. Section 2 of the Act provides that it comes into force on the first day that the new parliament meets following the next general election (i.e. the May 2015 general election).
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.
