Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
Currency Act 1927
No. 32 of 1927
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-4 | 20 August 1927 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5 | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 5(7) | |
| Ss. 6-68 | 20 August 1927 | Commenced on enactment |
| Sch. 1-4 | 20 August 1927 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Reference construed | S.I. No. 293 of 1974, art. 3, schedule 1, par. 2(a),(b) |
| Rep. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 4, sch. |
| Applic. of cert. enactments to legal tender notes issued under. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 119 |
| Applic. of cert. enactments to gold coins issued under. | 28/2000, ss. 1 (2), 200 |
| Power of Central Bank of Ireland to call in legal tender notes issued under. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 122 |
| Saving for cert. functns. etc. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 12 (1) |
| Saving for exercise by Central Bank of Ireland of its functns. under. | 17/1989, ss. 1 (2), 9 (2) (b) |
| S. 2 amended | S.I. No. 293 of 1974, art. 4(2), schedule 2, pt. II |
| S. 2 application restricted | S.I. No. 293 of 1974, art. 3, schedule 1, par. 2(a),(b) |
| S.31 (4), saving for cert. schs. made under. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 15 (6) |
| 12/2003, ss. 1 (2), 26 | |
| S. 35 form of statement of accounts prescribed | S.I. No. 83 of 1984, reg. 4 |
| S.I. No. 71 of 1975, reg. 4 | |
| S.36, scope of report of Central Bank of Ireland under ext. | 17/1989, ss. 1 (2), 37 (3) |
| S. 61(3) amended | S.I. No. 204 of 1979, art. 2, schedule |
| S.63, saving for fund under. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 23 (1) |
| S.63 (5), saving for cert. regs. made under. | 16/1989, ss. 2, 23 (3) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 31(4) | Pension Funds (S.I. No. 13 of 1928) |
| S. 35 | Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 83 of 1984) |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 95 of 1981) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 72 of 1980) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 97 of 1978) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1975 (S.I. No. 71 of 1975) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 121 of 1973) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 (S.I. No. 148 of 1970) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 (S.I. No. 120 of 1969) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) Regulations 1961 (S.I. No. 187 of 1961) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1960 (S.I. No. 103 of 1960) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1959 (S.I. No. 99 of 1959) | |
| Central Bank of Ireland (Form of Statement of Accounts) Regulations 1943 (S.I. No. 94 of 1943) | |
| Currency Commission (Form of Statement of Accounts) Regulations 1931 (S.I. No. 19 of 1931) | |
| Currency Commission (Form of Statement of Accounts) Regulations 1928 (S.I. No. 50 of 1928) | |
| S. 63(5) | Central Bank of Ireland (Surplus Income) Regulations 1943 (S.I. No. 93 of 1943) |
| Currency Commission (Surplus Income) Regulations 1929 (S.I. No. 10 of 1929) |