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Contents

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

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1, 2	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(a)
Ss. 3, 4	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(b)
S. 5	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 6		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Ss. 7-9	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 10	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(b)
S. 11	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 12		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 13	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 14	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(b)
S. 15(a)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(b)
S. 15(b)	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(c)
Ss. 16-18	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(d)
S. 19(1)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(c)
S. 19(2)	4 December 2014	Commenced on enactment
S. 20	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(d)
S. 21(a)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 21(b)	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(d)
S. 22		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
Ss. 23-25	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(f)
S. 26(1)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(d)
S. 26(2)	4 December 2014	Commenced on enactment
S. 27(a)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(e)
S. 27(b)	11 July 2016	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 359 of 2016), art. 2(a)
S. 27(c)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(e)
S. 27(d)	11 July 2016	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 359 of 2016)
S. 28	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(f)
S. 29(a)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(g)
S. 29(b)	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2
S. 29(c)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3)
S. 29(d), (e)	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2
S. 30(a)	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(h)
S. 30(b)	11 July 2016	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 359 of 2016), art. 2(b)
Ss. 31-34	20 November 2020	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 550 of 2020), art. 2(i)
Ss. 35-36	18 August 2015	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 357 of 2015), art. 2(h)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Civil Registration Acts	S. 1(2)
	Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 1(2)
	Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 (37/2018), s. 1(4)
	Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), s. 14(2)
	Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 1(2)
S. 6(1)(c)(i) substituted	Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Act 2024 (27/2024), ss. 24(1), 24(2)
S. 6(2) substituted	Civil Registration Act 2019 (13/2019), ss. 11(1), (2)
S. 26 amended	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 22

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None