Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-11 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 12 except insofar as it relates to Central Bank Act 1942 (22/1942), s. 15(4) | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 12 insofar as it relates to Central Bank Act 1942 (22/1942), s. 15(4) | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 13 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 14 insofar as it relates to Central Bank Act 1942 (22/1942), s. 19(2)-(5) | 4 June 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 218 of 2003), art. 2 |
| S. 14 except insofar as it relates to Central Bank Act 1942 (22/1942), s. 19(2)-(5) | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| Ss. 15-24 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 25 | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2) | |
| Ss. 26, 27 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 28 | 1 August 2004 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement) Order (No. 1) 2004 (S.I. No. 454 of 2004), art. 2 |
| Ss. 29-32 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| S. 33 | 1 August 2004 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement) Order (No. 1) 2004 (S.I. No. 454 of 2004), art. 2 |
| S. 34(a) | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 34 (b), (c) | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| Ss. 35, 36 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| Schs. 1 except in so far as it relates to Part 6, Item 4 and Part 9, Item 2 as respects Central Bank Act 1989 (16/1989), s. 15(5), (6) and (8) | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
| Schs. 1 in so far as it relates to Part 6, Item 4 and Part 9, Item 2 as respects Central Bank Act 1989 (16/1989), s. 15(5), (6) and (8) | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2) | |
| Schs. 2, 3 | 1 May 2003 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 160 of 2003), art. 2 & schedule |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Acts (now Central Bank Acts) | National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 1(4) | 21 December 2009 | National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 545 of 2009), art. 2 |
| Act, sch. 1 part 27 included in collectively cited Dormant Accounts Acts | Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 (8/2005), s. 16(2) | 1 September 2005 | Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 545 of 2005), art. 2 |
| References construed | 20/2013, ss. 1(5), 26) | 7 March 2014 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Sections 22(b), 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 103 of 2014), art. 2 |
| 25/1990, s. 9A (see | 21 December 1990 | Pensions Act 1990 (Parts I and II) (Commencement) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 331 of 1990), art. 2 | |
| Sch. 2, pt. 17 repealed | S.I. No. 366 of 2007, regs.1(2), 20(3) | 1 June 2007 | S.I. No. 366 of 2007, regs.1(2) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| Sch. 3 para. 31 | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Transitional) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 650 of 2003) |
| Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Adaptation of References in S.I. No 168 of 2003) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 360 of 2003) | |
| Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (Transitional) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 161 of 2003) |