VII. FINAL PROVISIONS Article 14 Expressions used in these Rules written in the masculine grammatical form shall be deemed to apply equally to men and women. Article 15 These Rules shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. On the day of entry into force of these Rules, the following will cease to apply: Rules on the reimbursement of costs and remuneration of people from organisations performing the duties and powers under the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 17/08) and the Rules amending these Rules (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 20/11). No. 12.1-3/2014-8-SE Ljubljana, on 22 February 2017 Vlasta Nussdorfer m.p. Human Rights Ombudsman No. 12.1-3/2014-10 Ljubljana, on 6 March 2017 Agreed by mag. Mateja Vraničar Erman m.p. Minister of Finance IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2017 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 101