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 | 
					
						17 December 1980 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 288 of 1981 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 383 of 1983 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 462 of 1986, art. 4 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 81 of 1987, art. 4 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 21 of 1993, sch. | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 302 of 2002, arts. 1(2), 4(1) & schedule (col. cit.) | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2 establishment day appointed | 
					S.I. No. 282 of 1981, art. 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 3, name of Board changed. | 
					44/2015, s. 39(1) | 
					
			
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					44/1997, s.1 | 
					
			
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						S. 10 amended | 
					34/2018, s. 1 | 
					
			
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					36/1993, s.1 | 
					
			
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					44/1997, s.2 | 
					
			
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					35/2000, s.1 | 
					
			
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					38/2006, s. 1 | 
					
			
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					32/2011, s. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 11 trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & Sch. 2 pt. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 18, saver from disclosure. | 
					30/2014, ss. 1(2), (3), 41, sch. 3 | 
					
			
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					13/1997, ss. 1(2), (3), 32, sch. 3 | 
					
			
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						S. 27, substituted | 
					44/1997, s.3 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 2 | 
					Irish Film Board (Establishment Day) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 282 of 1981) | 
				
			
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					Irish Film Board (Establishment Day) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 282 of 1981) |