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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 2012	Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 657 of 2011), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Certain functions transferred to Mayor of Limerick	7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10, & sch. 1 part 2
Collective citation	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 1(3)
Arrangements for sharing of personal data under Act	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 58
S. 2 reference to "Bord na gCon" construed	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019), s. 8(2)
S. 8(4) penal provisions prescribed	Welfare of Greyhounds Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 310 of 2016), regs. 1(1), 7(2)
S. 9 application affected	Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 36
S. 9(2) application restricted	Microchippng of Dogs Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 63 of 2015), regs. 1, 14
S. 11(3) amended	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 59(a)(i)
S. 11(3A) inserted	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 59(a)(ii)
S. 11(3B) inserted	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 59(a)(ii)
S. 12(7)(b)(iii) substituted	Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 78(a)
S. 15(8)(a)(iii) substituted	Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 78(b)(i)
S. 15(8)(b)(iii) substituted	Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 78(b)(ii)
S. 26(2) amended	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 59(b)
S. 26(3)(d) amended	Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 286

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 5	Welfare of Greyhounds Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 310 of 2016)
S. 8	Welfare of Greyhounds Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 310 of 2016)