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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	1 January 1959	Commenced as per s.1(2)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Appl.	16/1964, s. 49(1)
	27/2004, ss. 1(2), 84(7)
Appl. with exceptions.	28/1991, ss. 7(4), (5)(a) (b) (c), 14(2)
Appl. with provn. for time to stop in cert. circs.	46/2003, ss. 2, 50
Application restricted	26/2023, ss. 1, 97, 120(3)
Meaning of "trustee" in.	27/1965, s. 124
Official Assignee not to be trustee for purps. of.	27/1988, ss. 2, 133
Provn. for purps. of rights under.	11/1976, ss. 2, 22(7)
Reckoning under	44/2012, ss. 1(2), 45(3)(a), 62(7), 79(8), 96(7), 116(8)
	S.I. No. 209 of 2011, regs. 1(2), 6(1)
	S.I. No. 525 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 8(2)-(4)
Restricted	S.I. No. 547 of 2008, regs. 1(2), 19
Rights under Statutes of Limitations not affected	6/2018, ss. 1(2), 32
Saver for the application to a freehold covenant of the Act	27/2009, ss. 2, 49(6)(ii)
Saving provn.	21/1981, ss. 16(1), 18
S. 2(1) am.	27/2009, ss. 2, 8(1), sch. 1
S. 2(2)(c) rep., new provn.	16/1964, ss. 5, 122, sch.
S. 2(2)(d) rep., new provn.	27/1965, ss. 8, 9, 123, sch. 2, pt. 4
Ss. 2(3) rep.	41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5
S. 7, applic. rstrct.	13/1990, ss. 3(1), 9(2)
S. 11(1)(f) inserted	S.I. No. 188 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 9
S. 11(2)(a) am.	18/1991, s. 3(2)
S. 11(2)(a) (b) appl.	11/1985, ss. 3, 9
	32/1986, ss. 21(4)(b), 37(2)
S. 11(2)(b) del.	18/1991, s. 3(2)
S. 11(2)(c) substit.	31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(a)
S. 11(2)(d) ins.	16/1980, ss. 1(2), 13(8)(I)
S. 11(2)(d) rstrct.	18/1991, s. 3 (3)
S. 11(1)(e)(iii) rep.	41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5
S. 11 (3) rep.	41/1961, s. 5, sch., pt. 5
S. 11(3A) subsec. ins.	31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(b)
S. 11(3B) subsec. ins.	31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(1)(b)
S. 11(7) appl.	19/1966, s. 11(10)
S. 11(7) non-appl. of.	1/2005, s. 10
S. 11A inserted	S.I. No. 43 of 2017, regs. 1(2), 9
S. 12(2) appl.	28/2000, ss. 1(2), 134(2)
Ss. 21 (in pt.), 22 rep. with savings.	27/1965, ss. 8, 9, sch. 2, pt. 4
S. 24 (in pt.) rep.	16/1964, s. 5, sch.
S. 24 am.	16/1964, s. 49(4)
S. 25(4) am.	27/2009, ss. 2, 8(1), sch. 1
S. 32(3) subsec. ins.	27/2009, ss. 2, 119
S. 34 application restricted	27/2009, ss. 2, 99(2)
S. 36 rstrct.	24/2019, ss. 14(2), 28(5)
	52/2012, ss. 1(2), 124
S. 45, rep., new s.	27/1965, ss. 8, 9, 126, sch. 2, pt. 4
S. 45(1) am.	24/2010, ss. 1(2), 89
S. 46 rep. with savings.	27/1965, ss. 8, 9, sch. 2, pt. 4
Part 3 (ss. 47-72) appl.	13/1990, ss. 3(1), 9(2)
Part 3 (ss. 47-72) saved	10/1986, s. 3(2)
S. 48 (1), saving for bringing of cert. proceedings	2/1985, ss. 2, 7(1), 9, sch., par. 6
S. 48(1)(b) (in pt.) rep.	14/1997, ss. 1, 16, sch. 3
S. 48(1)(c) rep.	14/1997, ss. 1, 16, sch. 3
S. 48A, s. ins.	13/2000, s. 2
S. 48(A), appl. rstrct.	13/2000, s. 3
S. 49 am.	27/1965, s. 127
S. 49(1), appl. with am.	9/1981, ss. 1(2), 23(3)
S. 49(1)(a) rstrct.	18/1991, s. 5(1) (2)
S. 49(2) rep.	18/1991, s. 5(4)
S. 49(2)(a)(ii)*
S. 49(3) substit.	31/2009, ss. 1(2), 38(2)
S. 49(4)(a) rep.	17/1964, s. 6, sch.
S. 49(5) ins.	16/1980, ss. 1(2), 13(8)(II)
S. 49(5) rstrct.	18/1991, s. 5(3)
S. 60 am.	31/1999, ss. 160, 163, sch. 4
S. 74 substit.	1/2010, ss. 1(2), 7(2)
S. 77 am.	1/2010, ss. 1(2), 29(2) & sch. 6

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None

*S. 49(2)(a)(ii) : Invalid having regard to the provns. of the Constitution. O'Brien v. Keogh [1972] I.R. 144.