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 | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						23 July 1981 | 
					Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981, s. 18 | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Fees excluded | 
					S.I. No. 45 of 1982, arts. 2, 5 | 
					
			
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						Rep, transit. provns. | 
					1/1996, ss. 23, 25 | 
					
			
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						Court fees excluded for proceedings under | 
					S.I. No. 343 of 1989, arts. 2, 6 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					S.I. No. 342 of 1989, arts. 2, 5 | 
					
			
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						Fees payable in proceedings brought under restricted | 
					S.I. No. 21 of 1984, art. 5 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 13 | 
					Circuit Court Rules (No. 3), (Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981 (S.I. No. 152 of 1982) |