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 | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Whole Act | 
					
						21 July 1959 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Power to inc. pensions and am. conditions, etc., by regs. | 
					21/1980, s.7 | 
					
			
					| 
						S.5 (in pt.) rep. | 
					12/1968, s.3 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.6, rep. retro. | 
					6/1961, ss. 24 (2), 28 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.7 rep. | 
					12/1968, s.15, sch. | 
					
			
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						S.10 am. | 
					22/1962, s.2 (1) | 
					
			
					| 
						S.12 rep. | 
					12/1968, s.15, sch. | 
					
			
					| 
						S.13 am. | 
					12/1968, s.8 | 
					
			
					| 
						S.13 appl. | 
					12/1968, s.13 | 
					
			
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						S.13 appl. retro. | 
					21/1980, s.5 (4) (6) | 
					
			
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						S. 13(1) am. | 
					21/2010, ss. 2, 175(a) | 
					
			
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						S.13 (4) (in pt.) rep. | 
					12/1968, s.15, sch. | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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