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Updated to 26 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 416 of 2025)

All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003
No. 46 of 2003

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Ss. 1-2 (insofar as they relate to ss. 52-78) 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(a)
Ss. 1-2 (insofar as they are not already in operation) 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), arts. 3, 4
S. 3(a) 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), arts. 3, 4
S. 3(b)-(d) 22 July 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 438 of 2004), art. 3
S. 4-8 in so far as it relates to ss. 52-78 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(a)
Ss. 4-8 in so far as not already in operation 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), arts. 3, 4
Ss. 9-21 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3
S. 22 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(b)
Ss. 23-45 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3
S. 46 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(b)
S. 47 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3
S. 48 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(b)
Ss. 49-51 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3
Ss. 52-78 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(c)
Ss. 79-81 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 2(d)
S. 82 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3
Ss. 83-85 13 April 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 155 of 2004), art. 3(d)
S. 86 1 June 2004 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 252 of 2004), art. 3

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Personal Injuries Resolution Board Acts 42/2022, s. 25(3)
Act included in collectively cited Personal Injuries Assessment Board Acts 35/2007, s. 2(2)
  3/2019, s. 15(3)
  33/2022, s. 1(2)
Applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(e)
References construed 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(2)
Power of board to furnish info. under S.I. No. 219 of 2004, art. 5
Trans. of cert. functns. under S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
S. 3(aa) inserted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(a)
S. 3A inserted 23/2011, s. 56(1)(a)
S. 4(1) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(b)(i)-(iv)
  11/2013, ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 45
  23/2011, s. 56(1)(b)
S. 4(1) definitions of "civil action" applied with modifications, "respondent" construed 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(a), (e)
S. 11 applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(b)
S. 11(1) substituted 42/2022, ss. 3(a), 25(2)
S. 11(3)(ba) inserted 42/2022, ss. 3(b), 25(2)
S. 11(3A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 3(c), 25(2)
S. 11(5) applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(c)
S. 12(1) applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(d)
S. 12(5) substituted 23/2011, s. 56(1)(c)
S. 13(1) substituted 3/2019, ss. 2(1)(a), 15(2)
S. 13(1)(b)(iii) applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(f)
S. 13(2) substituted 42/2022, ss. 4, 25(2)
S. 13(2) amended 3/2019, ss. 2(1)(b), 15(2)
S. 14(1) substituted 42/2022, ss. 5, 25(2)
S. 14(1)(a) amended 3/2019, ss. 3(a), 15(2)
S. 14(2) amended 3/2019, ss. 3(b), 15(2)
S. 16 substituted 42/2022, ss. 6, 25(2)
S. 17(1)(a) amended 42/2022, ss. 7(a)(i), 25(2)
S. 17(1)(b) amended 42/2022, ss. 7(a)(ii), 25(2)
S. 17(1)(b)(v) amended 3/2019, ss. 4(a), 15(2)
S. 17(1)(b)(vi) inserted 3/2019, ss. 4(b), 15(2)
S. 17(1)(b)(vii) inserted 3/2019, ss. 4(b), 15(2)
S. 17(1)(b)(viii) inserted 3/2019, ss. 4(b), 15(2)
S. 17(1)(b)(ix) inserted 3/2019, ss. 4(b), 15(2)
S. 17(1)(ii)(II) deleted 42/2022, ss. 7(a)(iii), 25(2)
S. 17(1)(iii) deleted 42/2022, ss. 7(a)(iv), 25(2)
S. 17(1A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 7(b), 25(2)
S. 17(3) amended 42/2022, ss. 7(c), 25(2)
S. 18(3)(a), (b) substituted 42/2022, ss. 8, 25(2)
S. 18A-18F inserted 42/2022, ss. 9 insofar as it relates to the insertion of Chapter 1A of the Principal Act, with reference to the class of civil action referred to in s. 3(a) of that Act, 25(2)
  42/2022, ss. 9insofar as it relates to the insertion of Chapter 1A of the Principal Act, with reference to the class of civil action referred to in s. 3(b) of that Act, 25(2)
  42/2022, ss. 9insofar as it relates to the insertion of Chapter 1A of the Principal Act, with reference to the class of civil action referred to in s. 3(c) of that Act, 25(2)
  42/2022, ss. 9 insofar as it relates to the insertion of Chapter 1A of the Principal Act, with reference to the class of civil action referred to in s. 3(d) of that Act, 25(2)
S. 19 amended 42/2022, ss. 10, 25(2)
S. 20(1) applied with modifications 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(g)
S. 20(4) amended 4/2021, ss. 1(4), 31(a)
S. 20(5) inserted 4/2021, ss. 1(4), 31(b)
S. 20(6) inserted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(c)
S. 21(3A) inserted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(d)
S. 22(1) substituted 42/2022, ss. 11(a), 25(2)
S. 22(2)(b) amended 42/2022, ss. 11(b)(i), 25(2)
S. 22(2)(ba) inserted 42/2022, ss. 11(b)(ii), 25(2)
S. 22(4) substituted 3/2019, ss. 5, 15(2)
S. 22(7A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 11(c), 25(2)
S. 30(3) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(e)(iii)
S. 30(3)(a) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(e)(i)
S. 30(3)(aa) inserted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(e)(ii)
S. 30(4) amended 31/2004, ss. 1 (3), 6, 32 (2)
S. 35(1) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(f)(iii)
S. 35(1)(a) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(f)(i)
S. 35(1)(aa), (ab) inserted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(f)(ii)
S. 38 saver S.I. No. 219 of 2004, art. 9
S. 38(1) amended 42/2022, ss. 12(a), 25(2)
S. 38(2) substituted 38/2013, ss. 1(4), 14
S. 38(2)(a) amended 42/2022, ss. 12(b)(i), 25(2)
S. 38(2)(a) substituted 12/2015, s. 17
S. 38(2)(b)(ii) amended 42/2022, ss. 12(b)(ii), 25(2)
S. 38(2)(c) inserted 42/2022, ss. 12(b)(iii), 25(2)
S. 45(1), (4) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(g)(i)
S. 45(2), (4) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(g)(ii)
S. 46(1) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(h)(i), (2)
S. 46(2) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(h)(ii), (2)
S. 46(3) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(h)(iii), (2)
S. 49(3) amended 42/2022, ss. 13(a), 25(2)
  3/2019, ss. 6, 15(2)
S. 49(6A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 13(b), 25(2)
S. 49(7) substituted 42/2022, ss. 13(c), 25(2)
S. 49A inserted 42/2022, ss. 14, 25(2)
S. 50 application restricted 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 19, 20(h)
S. 50 substituted 3/2019, ss. 7(1), (2), 15(2)
  23/2011, s. 56(1)(d), (2)
S. 50(a) amended 42/2022, ss. 15(a), 25(2)
S. 50(b) amended 42/2022, ss. 15(b), 25(2)
S. 51A inserted 35/2007, s. 1
S. 51A(3) substituted 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(a), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(3A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(b), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(4) amended 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(c)(i), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(4)(a) amended 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(c)(ii), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(5) amended 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(d), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(6) amended 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(e), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51A(7) amended 42/2022, ss. 16(1)(f), (2)(a)-(b), 25(2)
S. 51B inserted 35/2007, s. 1
S. 51C inserted 3/2019, ss. 8(1), 15(2)
S. 53 name of Board changed S.I. No. 627 of 2023, art. 2
S. 54 amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(i), (2)
S. 54(1)(aa)-(ae) inserted 42/2022, ss. 17, 25(2)
S. 54(1)(b) deleted 33/2019, ss. 1(2), 98(a)
S. 54(1)(ba) inserted 3/2019, ss. 9, 15(2)
S. 54(1)(ba) deleted 33/2019, ss. 1(2), 98(a)
S. 54A inserted 31/2004, ss. 1 (3), 6, 31
S. 54A(1) amended 42/2022, ss. 18, 25(2)
  33/2019, ss. 1(2), 98(b)
  3/2019, ss. 10(a), 15(2)
S. 54A(3) inserted 3/2019, ss. 10(b), 15(2)
S. 54A(4) inserted 3/2019, ss. 10(b), 15(2)
S. 56(5) substituted 3/2019, ss. 11, 15(2)
S. 56(5)(c) substit. 26/2013, ss. 2, 91
S. 56(5)(d) inserted 26/2013, ss. 2, 91
S. 56(6) constr. refs. 29/2014, ss. 1(5), 8, 39
S. 56(6) substituted 29/2014, ss. 1(5), 88
S. 56(6) amended 23/2010, ss. 2, 15(13), sch. 2, pt. 13
  19/2007, ss. 1(2), 40(1) and sch. 3, pt.1
S. 57(6) amended 3/2019, ss. 12(a), 15(2)
S. 57(7) inserted 3/2019, ss. 12(b), 15(2)
S. 57(8) inserted 3/2019, ss. 12(b), 15(2)
S. 57(9) inserted 3/2019, ss. 12(b), 15(2)
S. 69(2)(c) amended 42/2022, ss. 19(a), 25(2)
S. 69(2)(ca) inserted 42/2022, ss. 19(b), 25(2)
S. 73(3A) inserted 42/2022, ss. 20, 25(2)
S. 73(4)(c)(i) amended 33/2022, ss. 1(5), 21(1)(j)
S. 73A inserted 42/2022, ss. 21, 25(2)
S. 74A inserted 3/2019, ss. 13, 15(2)
S. 75 trans. of cert. functns. under. 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & Sch. 2 pt. 1
S. 79(1)(b) amended 3/2019, ss. 14(a)(i), 15(2)
S. 79(1)(c) amended 3/2019, ss. 14(a)(ii), 15(2)
S. 79(1)(d) inserted 3/2019, ss. 14(a)(iii), 15(2)
S. 79(1)(e) inserted 3/2019, ss. 14(a)(iii), 15(2)
S. 79(3) inserted 3/2019, ss. 14(b), 15(2)
S. 80A(1), (2) inserted 42/2022, ss. 22, 25(2)
S. 86(1) amended 7/2018, ss. 1(3), 195(a)
S. 86(5) inserted 7/2018, ss. 1(3), 195(b)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 5 Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 363 of 2019)
S. 18F Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules, 2023 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 617 of 2023)
S. 22 Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 124 of 2022)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 363 of 2019)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 523 of 2012)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 41 of 2011)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 869 of 2007)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 264 of 2006)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Fees) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 251 of 2004)
S. 46 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules, 2023 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 617 of 2023)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 425 of 2023)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 140 of 2019)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 219 of 2004)
S. 52 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Establishment Day) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 156 of 2004)
S. 68 Personal Injuries Assessment Board Spouses’ and Children’s Contributory Pension Scheme 2009 (S.I. No. 156 of 2009)
  Personal Injuries Assessment Board Employee Superannuation Scheme 2008 (S.I. No. 465 of 2008)