Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999
No. 26 of 1999
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-11 | 26 February 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 57 of 2001), art. 2(a) |
| Ss. 12-47 | 11 June 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 418 of 2001), art. 2(a) |
| Ss. 48-66 insofar as it applies to ss. 5-11 | 26 February 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 57 of 2001), art. 2(b) |
| Ss. 48-66 insofar as not already in operation | 11 June 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 418 of 2001), art. 2(b) |
| Schs. 1-3 insofar as not already in operation | 11 June 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 418 of 2001), art. 2(b) |
| Schs. 1-3 insofar as they apply to ss. 5-11 | 26 February 2001 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 57 of 2001), art. 2(b) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repealed with savings and trans. provons. | 28/2012, ss. 1(2)-(3), 6(2), 43(1), 84, 85 & sch. 2 | ||
| Applied | S.I. No. 620 of 2010, reg. 7(2) | ||
| S.I. No. 289 of 2007, reg. 7(2) | |||
| S.I. No. 406 of 2006, reg. 7 | |||
| National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council dissolved with trans. provons. | 28/2012, ss. 1(2), 71 - 77, 85 | ||
| Trans. of cert. functns. under | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | ||
| S. 8(2)(d) details to be included in s. 31 charter | S.I. No. 571 of 2007, reg. 3(e) | ||
| S. 31 matters to be included in charter | S.I. No. 571 of 2007, reg. 3 | ||
| S. 31(4) details to be included in s. 31 charter | S.I. No. 571 of 2007, reg. 3(g) | ||
| S. 31(5) charter recognised for the purposes of | S.I. No. 262 of 2008, art. 3 | ||
| S. 50(5) del. | 25/2006, ss. 1(2), (3), 54(a) | ||
| Second sch. par. 6 ins. | 25/2006, ss. 1(2), (3), 54(b) | ||
| Second sch. par. 7 ins. | 25/2006, ss. 1(2), (3), 54(b) | ||
| Second sch. par. 8 ins. | 25/2006, ss. 1(2), (3), 54(b) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 31 | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (Charter) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 571 of 2007) |
| S. 31(5)* | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (Section 31(5)) (Recognition of the Charter of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 262 of 2008) |