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 | 
					
						1 October 1997 | 
					Registration of Births Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 45 of 1997), art. 2 | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Repealed saving for ss. 1(4), 1(4A) | 
					3/2004, ss. 1(2), 4, 5, schedule 2 | 
					
			
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						Transfer of functions under with savings | 
					42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 4, 58, 59(1), 59(2), 59(3), 74, schedules 3, 5 | 
					
			
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						S. 1(4) substituted | 
					8/2002, ss. 16, 17(3), schedule, pt. 6(1)(a) | 
					
			
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						S. 1(6) amended | 
					8/2002, ss. 16, 17(3), schedule, pt. 6 (1)(b) | 
					
			
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						Sch. substituted | 
					8/2002, ss. 16, 17(3), schedule, pt. 6(2) | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act |