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 | 
					
						1 July 1998 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
                                 Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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							Commencement Source | 
					    
			
			
			
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						Certain functions of Minister transferred and references construed | 
					Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 410(1)(a)(ix), 413, 415, 416, 420, 423, 428 | 
					
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							Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | 
					    
			
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						Trans of ministerial functs. under. | 
					National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S. I. No. 298 of 2002), arts. 1 (2), 3, 4 (1) | 
					
								18 June 2002 | 
							National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S. I. No. 298 of 2002), art. 1 (2) | 
					    
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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