Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act  | 
					
						12 June 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						S.10 (2), inc. of fines and alt. of penalties. | 
					8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 50 (3) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 13-18 rep. | 
					35/1939, s.3, sch. | 
					
			
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						S.23 cesser. | 
					35/1939, s.53 | 
					
			
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						S.30 am. | 
					14/1961, s.4 (d) | 
					
			
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						S.30, s. | 
					37/1956, s.9 | 
					
			
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						S.30 (b) (c) am. | 
					14/1961, s.4 (a)-(c) | 
					
			
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						S.31, s. | 
					37/1956, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.33, s. | 
					37/1956, s.11 | 
					
			
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						S.33 (1) (2) am. | 
					14/1961, s.5 | 
					
			
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						S.34 rep. | 
					37/1956, s.12 | 
					
			
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						S.39 am. | 
					35/1939, s.54 | 
					
			
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					24/1940, s.2 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 43-50 rep. | 
					35/1939, s.3, sch. | 
					
			
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						Ss. 52, 54, oo. ctd. | 
					35/1939, s.25 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.54 am. | 
					14/1961, s.21 | 
					
			
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						S.55 am. | 
					35/1939, s.55 | 
					
			
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					14/1961, s.21 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 56-57, oo. ctd. | 
					35/1939, s.25 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 58 certain references to "sanitary authority" construed as references to "Irish Water" | 
					50/2013, ss. 1(3), 6, 7(4) | 
					
			
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						S. 58 insurance allowance fixed | 
					S.I. No. 149 of 1974, arts. 3, 4 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					S.I. No. 282 of 1973, arts. 3, 4 | 
					
			
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						S. 59, oo. ctd. | 
					35/1939, s.25 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.60 am. | 
					35/1939, s.56 | 
					
			
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						S.60 susp. | 
					37/1956, s.4 (9) (a) | 
					
			
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						S.60, power to susp. and remove susp. | 
					37/1956, s.4 (9) (b)-(d) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 62, 63, oo. ctd. | 
					35/1939, s.25 (2) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 66, 68 rep. | 
					14/1961, s.33 (1), sch. | 
					
			
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						S.69 cesser. | 
					35/1939, s.57 | 
					
			
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						S.70, savings for levies. | 
					35/1939, s.57 | 
					
			
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						S.71 rep. | 
					14/1961, s.33 (1), sch. | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 58 | 
					Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Insurance Allowance (No. 1) Order 1975 (S.I. No. 93 of 1975) | 
				
			
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					Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Insurance Allowance (No. 1) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 149 of 1974) | 
				
			
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					Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Insurance Allowance (No. 1) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 282 of 1973) | 
				
			
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						S. 59 | 
					Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Damage Allowance (No. 1) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 207 of 1974) |