Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Civil Defence Act 2012
No. 51 of 2012
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| S. 1 | 31 December 2012 | Ss. 2, 18(3) - dissolution day appointed by Civil Defence Board Dissolution Order 2012 (S.I. No. 570 of 2012), art. 2 |
| S. 2 | 26 December 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
| Ss. 3 - 17 | 31 December 2012 | Ss. 2, 18(3) - dissolution day appointed by Civil Defence Board Dissolution Order 2012 (S.I. No. 570 of 2012), art. 2 |
| S. 18 | 26 December 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
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| Repealed | Civil Defence Act 2023 (17/2023), ss. 13(a), 15(2) | 18 July 2023 | Civil Defence Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 363 of 2023), art. 2 |
| References construed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 1(22), 9(2),(3) | 1 June 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 |
| S. 16(4)(a) substituted | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 1(22), 5(8), sch. 2 pt. 6 | 1 June 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 2 | Civil Defence Board Dissolution Order 2012 (S.I. No. 570 of 2012) |