All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

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

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	27 September 2001	Sex Offenders Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 426 of 2001), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Restricted	15/2006, s. 3(10)
S. 2(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 3
S. 3(2)(a) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 4(a)
S. 3(2)(a) substituted	8/2008, ss. 13(a)(i), 15(2)
S. 3(2)(ii) substituted	8/2008, ss. 13(a)(ii), 15(2)
S. 3(4) inserted	8/2008, ss. 13(a)(iii), 15(2)
S. 3(4) deleted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 4(b)
S. 3A inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 5
S. 4(2) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 6
S. 8(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 7(a)
S. 8(4) substituted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 7(b)
S. 10(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(a)(i)
S. 10(1)(a) substituted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(a)(ii)
S. 10(1)(aa) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(a)(ii)
S. 10(1)(b) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(a)(iii)
S. 10(2) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(b)(i), (iii)
S. 10(2)(d) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(b)(ii)
S. 10(3) substituted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(c)
S. 10(4) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(d)
S. 10(4A) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(e)
S. 10(5) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(f)
S. 10(6A) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(g)
S. 10(7)(b) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(h)(i)
S. 10(7)(ba) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(h)(ii)
S. 10(7A)-(7D) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(i)
S. 10(8) deleted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(j)
S. 10(8)(a) amended with transitional provisions	7/2022, ss. 1(2), 7(a), 25
S. 10(8)(b) amended with transitional provisions	7/2022, ss. 1(2), 7(b), 25
S. 10(8A) inserted with transitional provisions	7/2022, ss. 1(2), 7(c), 25
S. 10(9) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(k)
S. 10(10A) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(l)
S. 10(11) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 8(m)
S. 10A inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 9
S. 11(3) amended with transitional provisions	7/2022, ss. 1(2), 4(1), 13, 26, sch. 1 ref. 20
S. 12 amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 10(a)
S. 12(2A) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 10(b)
S. 12(3) substit.	8/2008, ss. 13(b), 15(2)
S. 12(4) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 10(c)
S. 13(2) substituted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 11
S. 14(5)(c) amemded	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 12
Ss. 14A-14H inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 13
S. 16(1) substituted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 14(a)
S. 16(2)(b) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 14(b)
S. 16(5) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 14(c)
S. 16A-16C inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 15
S. 17(1A) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 16
S. 19(1)(a) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 17(a)
S. 19(1A)-(1D) inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 17(b)
S. 19(3) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 17(c)
S. 25(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 18
	40/2013, ss. 1(2), 97, sch. 2 pt. 16
	11/2013, ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 34
	42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 75, sch. 6, pt. 20
S. 26(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 19
Ss. 26A-26G inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 20
S. 27(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 21
S. 27 constr. of refs.	24/2011, s. 13
S. 29(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 22(a)
S. 29(1)(b) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 22(b)
S. 29(6) inserted	2/2017, ss. 1(2), 51(a)
S. 30(2)(b) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 23
S. 30A inserted	2/2017, ss. 1(2), 51(b)
S. 30A(1) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 24(a)
S. 30A(2) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 24(b)
S. 30B-30D inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 25
S. 31(c) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 26
S. 33(4) amended	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 27
S. 33(4) inserted	8/2008, ss. 13(c), 15(2)
Sch. para. 7 substituted	15/2006, s. 7(5)(a)
Sch. para. 7A inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 28
Sch. para. 8 re-inserted	9/2023, ss. 1(2), 28
Sch. para. 8 deleted	15/2006, s. 7(5)(b)
Sch. para. 16(ba) inserted	2/2017, ss. 1(2), 51(c)(i)(I)
Sch. para. 16(ca) inserted	2/2017, ss. 1(2), 51(c)(i)(II)
Sch. para. 16A inserted	8/2008, ss. 13(d), 15(2)
Sch. para. 17A inserted	2/2017, ss. 1(2), 51(c)(ii)
Sch. para. 21 inserted	6/2007, s. 4(4)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None