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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 2011	Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 650 of 2010), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Application of collectively cited Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts restricted	25/1991, s. 1(1)
	23/1991, s. 5(2)
Proceedings under included in definition of Family Law proceedings	27/2017, ss. 1(2), 2
Transfer of functions under	42/2004, ss. 3(1), 4, 58, 59(1), 59(2), 59(3), schedule 3 item 34
S. 1 amended	S.I. No. 112 of 2005, regs. 1(2), 10(a)
S. 1(1) amended	S.I. No. 400 of 2022, regs. 1(2), 11
S. 2 amended	S.I. No. 112 of 2005, regs. 1(2), 10(b)
S. 3(2) amended	48/2024, ss. 1(2), 85(a)
S. 3(2)(e) deleted	9/2015, ss. 1(5), 179
S. 4 collectively cited Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, reference to Dublin Circuit construed	31/1993, ss. 1(5), 26
S. 4(1) amended	48/2024, ss. 1(2), 85(b)(i)(I)-(IV)
S. 4(2) amended	48/2024, ss. 1(2), 85(b)(ii)(I), (II)
S. 4(3) amended	48/2024, ss. 1(2), 85(b)(iii)(I), (II)
S. 4(4) deleted	48/2024, ss. 1(2), 85(b)(iv)
S. 15 states specified under	S.I. No. 682 of 2010, arts. 2, 3, 4, 6

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 15	Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 (Section 15) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 682 of 2010)
S. 15(1)	Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 (Section 15) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 458 of 2019)