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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 2019	Domestic Violence Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 532 of 2018), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 2(1) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(a)
S. 6(4) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(i)
S. 6(5) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(ii)
S. 6(6) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(iii)
S. 7(8) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(i)
S. 7(9) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(ii)
S. 7(10) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(iii)
S. 15(2)(d) amended	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(i)
S. 15(2)(e) amended	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(ii)
S. 15(2)(f) inserted	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(iii)
S. 22(1)(a) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(i)
S. 22(1)(b) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(ii)
S. 23(3)(a) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(I)
S. 23(3)(b) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(II)
S. 23(4)-(6) deleted	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(ii)
S. 24(1) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(I)
S. 24(1)(b) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(II)
S. 24(3) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(ii)
S. 24(4) substituted	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(iii)
S. 25(3) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(i)
S. 25(4)(a) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(I)
S. 25(4)(b) amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(II)
S. 40(5) amended	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(b)
S. 40(5)(aa) inserted	Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(a), 13(2)
S. 40(5)(g) amended	Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(b), 13(2)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 3(1)	District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 79 of 2019)
S. 31(1)	Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020 (S.I. No. 282 of 2020)