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	2 June 2006	Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 1 amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 15
S. 2 substituted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 16
S. 2 application extended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 42(1)-(4)
S. 2(5) repealed with retrospective effect	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), ss. 1(2), 18(1)(a), 19
S. 3 substituted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 17
S. 3 application extended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 42(1)-(4)
S. 2 re-trial procedure for offence under	Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (No. 27 of 2010), ss. 1(2), 7-14 and Schedule
S. 3(2)(a) amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 6 of 2007), s. 5(1)(a)
S. 3(2)(b) amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 6 of 2007), s. 5(1)(b)
S. 3(4)(a) amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 6 of 2007), s. 5(1)(c)
S. 3(4)(b) amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 6 of 2007), s. 5(1)(d)
S. 3(5)*
S. 3A inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 18
S. 3A application extended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 42(1)-(4)
S. 3A offence for purposes of	Criminal Justice Act 1994 (15/1994), s. 3 and sch. 1A part 1, as inserted by S.I. No. 540 of 2017, reg. 18
S. 3A(5) repealed with retrospective effect	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), ss. 1(2), 18(1)(b), 19
S. 6(1A) new subsection inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 6 of 2007), s. 5(2)
S. 6(3) substituted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), ss. 1(2), 16

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None

*On 28 August 2023, the Supreme Court found in C.W v The Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions that Section 3(5) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 was not compatible with Article 38.1 of the Constitution.