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Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)

Warning: Only amendments made since 1 January 1972 are completely recorded.
SI Year and Number
1956		TitleHow AffectedAffecting Provision
153 Secondary Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Scheme 1956 Revoked with saver S.I. No. 435 of 2009, reg. 76
157 Social Welfare (Disability Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 1956 Revoked S.I. No. 206 of 1991, regs. 13, 14, schedule
163 Factories Act, 1955 (Building Operations, Engineering Works, Docks, Etc.) (Modification) Regulations 1956 Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
165 Factories (Certificates of Fitness of Young Persons) Regulations 1956 Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
166 First-Aid in Factories Regulations 1956 Revoked S.I. No. 195 of 1975, regs. 2, 5
167 Factories (Home Work Certain Bead Ornaments) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
168 Home Work Order, 1911 (Variation) Order 1956 Certain references to "sanitary authority" construed as references to "Irish Water" 50/2013, ss. 1(3), 6, 7(4)
    Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
169 Factories Act 1955 (Extension of Section 74 to Dangerous Occurences) Regulations 1956 Whole SI revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
170 Factories Act, 1955 (Application of Section 76 to Certain Diseases) Regulations 1956 Revoked S.I. No. 262 of 1972, regs. 1(2), 4
171 Factories (Sanitary Accommodation) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
172 Factories (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 1956 Revoked S.I. No. 280 of 1979, reg. 1
173 Factories (Operation at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
    Regs. 3(2), 3(4) amended S.I. No. 423 of 1981, regs. 1(3), 2
174 Factories (Preparation of Steam Boilers for Examination) Regulations 1956 Revoked with saver S.I. No. 299 of 2007, reg. 185(1)(a), (2), (3)
      (see also S.I. No. 445 of 2012, regs. 1(4), 2(d))
    Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
175 Factories (Cleanliness of Walls and Ceilings) Order 1956 Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
176 Factories Act, 1955 (Abstracts) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
177 Factories (General Register) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
    Sch. substituted S.I. No. 425 of 1981, regs. 1(3), 4
178 Chains, Ropes and Lifting Tackle (Register) Regulations 1956 Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
179 Cranes and other Lifting Machines (Register of Examinations) Regulations 1956 Not affected  
180 Factories (Notification of Accidents) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
    Sch., para. 5 substituted S.I. No. 249 of 1981, regs. 1(3), 2
181 Factories (Notification of Industrial Diseases) Regulations 1956 Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
182 Factories (Report of Examination of Hoists and Lifts) Regulations 1956 Revoked S.I. No. 299 of 2007, regs. 1(2), 3(1)(a)
183 Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) Regulations 1956 Revoked with saver S.I. No. 299 of 2007, reg. 185(1)(b), (2), (3)
      ( see also S.I. No. 445 of 2012, reg. 1(4), 2(d))
    Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
184 Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Receivers) Regulations 1956 Revoked with saver S.I. No. 299 of 2007, reg. 185(1)(c), (2), (3)
      (see also S.I. No. 445 of 2012, regs. 1(4), 2(d)
    Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
185 Factories (Report of Examination of Air Receivers) Regulations 1956 Revoked with saver S.I. No. 299 of 2007, reg. 185(1)(d), (2), (3)
      (see also S.I. No. 445 of 2012, regs. 1(4), 2(d)
    Continued in force 10/2005, ss. 1(2), 4(4)
186 Factories (Report of Examination of Gas Holders) Regulations 1956 Revoked 7/1989, ss. 1(2), 4(3), sch. 2
195 Employment Regulation Order (Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving Joint Labour Committee) 1956* Not affected  
*See John Grace Fried Chicken Limited and John Grace and Quick Service Food Alliance Limited v The Catering Joint Labour Committee, the Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General [2011] IEHC 277
198 Cork Harbour Works Order 1956 Rendered obsolete by repeal of Harbours Act 1946 61/2015, s. 5(1)(a)