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 | 
					
						19 December 1979 | 
					Occasional Trading Act, 1979 (Commencement) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 404 of 1979), art. 2 | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Transfer of functions | 
					19/2007, ss. 2 and 37 and Schedule 1, Part 1. Note: Also applies to any instruments made under the Act | 
					
			
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						S.2 (2) am. | 
					43/1980, ss. 17, 21 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 2(2)(ii) inserted | 
					S.I. No. 19 of 1981, reg. 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 2(2)(j) am. | 
					24/2010, ss. 1(2), 168 and schedule, pt. 3, item 11 | 
					
			
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						S.2 (3), subsec. substit., cont. in force of regs. under. | 
					19/1995, ss. 16 (1) (a) (2), 18 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 4(11) trans. of functns. under | 
					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S.4 (14) inserted | 
					19/1995, ss. 16 (1) (b), 18 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.9 (1) substit. | 
					19/1995, ss. 16 (1) (c) (i), 18 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.9 (2) (3) del. | 
					19/1995, ss. 16 (1) (c) (i), 18 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.9 (4) am. | 
					19/1995, ss. 16 (1) (c) (ii), 18 (2) | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 2(3) | 
					Occasional Trading Act (Section 2 (2)) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 19 of 1981) | 
				
			
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					Occasional Trading Act (Section 2 (2)) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 19 of 1981) |