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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						Part I | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Part II | 
					
						1 August 1956 | 
					S. 30 | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 31, 32 | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 33 | 
					
						27 February 1946 | 
					S. 33(3) | 
				
			
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						Ss. 34-36 | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 37(1)-(4) | 
					
						1 November 1955 | 
					S. 37(5) | 
				
			
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						S. 37(5) | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Ss. 38, 39 | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						First - Seventh Sched. | 
					
						18 July 1957 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Power to inc. pensions, etc., by regs. | 
					12/1968, s.7 | 
					
			
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						Power to inc. pensions and am. conditions, etc., by regs. | 
					21/1980, s.7 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 25, 26 rep. | 
					27/1964, s.38, sch. 6 | 
					
			
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						S.35 am. | 
					15/1959, s.8 | 
					
			
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						S.35 (2) rstrct. | 
					15/1959, s.8 (2) (c) (ii) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 36, 38 (1) (in pt.) rep. | 
					15/1959, s.14, sch. | 
					
			
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						S.37 (3) (a) am. retro. | 
					S. I. No. 359 of 1985, par. 9 | 
					
			
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						Sch. 3, par. 1 (1) (2) am. | 
					22/1962, s.8 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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