Updated to 14 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 481 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
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 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act, s. 75 included in collectively cited European Arrest Warrant Acts 2003 to 2024 | European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Act 2024 (9/2024), s. 32(2) | 1 May 2024 | European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 180 of 2024), art. 2 |
| Act, Part 5 (ss. 57-63) included in collectively cited Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 to 2023 | Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 (16/1995) | ||
| Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendment) Act 1997 (41/1997), s. 4(2) | 17 December 1997 | Commenced on enactment | |
| Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), s. 1(3) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 | |
| S. 2 functions transferred and references to Minister construed in relation to collectively cited Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 and 1997 | Prisoners (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 662 of 2007) | 19 September 2007 | Prisoners (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 662 of 2007). art. 2 |
| Prisoners (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 828 of 2004) | 14 December 2004 | Prisoners (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 828 of 2004), art. 1(2) | |
| S. 38(1)(h) amended | Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (30/2024), s. 26 | 23 July 2024 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |