Updated to 14 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 481 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | Commencement/Effective Date 
 Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. | Commencement Information | 
            
			
			
					| Whole Act | 18 December 1956 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | Affecting Provision | 
			
			
			
					| Rstrct. | 22/1968, s.10 (2) | 
			
					| S.3 (4) am. | 43/1959, s.2 (1) | 
			
					| S.4 (4) am. | 43/1959, s.2 (2) | 
			
					| S.5 am. | 43/1959, s.5 (6) (c) | 
			
					| S.7 (1) (i), inc. of cert. pensions. | 43/1959, s.7 (3) | 
			
					| Sch., pt. 1, inc. of cert. pensions. | 43/1959, s.3 (2) | 
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
|---|
			
			
					| S. 6 | Pensions (Increase) (Galway Harbour Commissioners) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 167 of 1957) | 
			
					|  | Pensions (Increase) (Limerick Harbour Commissioners) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 150 of 1957) | 
			
					|  | Pensions (Increase) (Waterford Harbour Commissioners) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 122 of 1957) | 
			
					|  | Pensions (Increase) (Dublin Port and Docks Board) Regulations 1957 (S.I. No. 84 of 1957) |