Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008
No. 20 of 2008
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 8 October 2009 | Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 410 of 2009), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2(1) amended | Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014), ss. 1(3), 68, schedule 4 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 5 | Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008 (Convention on Cluster Munitions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 6 of 2011) |
| S. 8 | Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008 (Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 5 of 2011) |