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. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act  | 
					
						23 June 1953 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 92 of 1987, art. 4, sch. | 
					
			
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						Pt. 2 (ss. 6-21) (exc. ss. 6, 17, 18, 19) rep. | 
					20/1958, s. 6(1) | 
					
			
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						Pt. 3 (ss. 22-27), ss. 28, 34, 35 (2) rep. | 
					20/1958, s. 6(1) | 
					
			
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						Act so far as unrepealed above, rep. prosp. | 
					20/1958, s. 6(2). See S.I. No. 17 of 1981. | 
					
			
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						S. 6 cesser. | 
					20/1958, s. 20(2) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 30(3), 33(3), liabilities discharged. | 
					20/1958, s. 10(2) | 
					
			
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						S. 35(2), capital liability discharged. | 
					20/1958, s. 10(1) | 
					
			
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						Pts. 5 (ss. 36-41), 6 (ss. 42-45) rep. | 
					20/1958, s. 6(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 38 rstrct. | 
					20/1958, s. 19(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 38, cert. rights saved. | 
					20/1958, s. 19(2) | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 6 | 
					Great Northern Railway Board Establishment Order 1953 (S.I. No. 261 of 1953) | 
				
			
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						S. 24 | 
					The Transport Tribunal. Great Northern Railway Board (Drogheda-Oldcastle Railway Line) (Termination of Passenger Services) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 70 of 1958) | 
				
			
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					The Transport Tribunal. Great Northern Railway Board (Dundalk-Clones, Glaslough-Cavan and Ballyhaise-Belturbet Railway Lines) (Termination of Passenger Services) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 188 of 1957) | 
				
			
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						S. 49(1)(b) | 
					Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) (Winding-Up) Order 1958 (S.I. No. 55 of 1958) |