(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may by order call in coins of any particular composition, date or denomination -

(a) issued under the repealed enactments, or

(b) issued under the Decimal Currency Acts, 1969 to 1990, or

(c) issued under this Act, or

(d) circulating in the State and issued by one or more of the other participating Member States which are comparable to coins issued under this Act,

and the Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section.

(2) The Minister shall not make an order under this section which relates to matters within the competence of the European Central Bank by or under paragraph 2 of Article 105a of the Treaty except with the consent of that Bank.

(3) The following shall apply in respect of every order under subsection (1):

(a) the order shall provide for its coming into operation on a particular date (in this subsection referred to as the "withdrawal date") not being earlier than 6 months after the date of its making,