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 | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Ss. 1-3 | 
					
						26 July 1955 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 4(1),(2) | 
					
						1 September 1955 | 
					S. 4(3) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 4(3),(4) | 
					
						26 July 1955 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 5-7 | 
					
						26 July 1955 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 8 | 
					
						1 September 1955 | 
					S. 8(6) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 9-11 | 
					
						26 July 1955 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						First, Second Sch.  | 
					
						26 July 1955 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Rep. prosp. with savings. | 
					16/1966, ss. 1 (4), 40 | 
					
			
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						Applic. ctd. in cert. cases. | 
					1/1981, s.69 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 2 | 
					Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1955 (Appointed Day) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 146 of 1955) |