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.
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016
No. 11 of 2016
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| S. 1 | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(a) |
| S. 2(1) other than paragraph (b)(iii) of the definition of "relevant parent" | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(b) |
| S. 2(1) insofar as it relates to paragraph (b)(iii) of the definition of "relevant parent" | 1 July 2022 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 331 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 2(2)-(5) | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(b) |
| Ss. 3 - 5 | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(c) |
| Ss. 6-29 | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(d) |
| S. 30 | 3 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Sections 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 434 of 2016), art. 2(a) |
| S. 31 insofar as it relates to the insertion in Part 2 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (26/2005), of Chapter 11A, other than paragraph (b)(ii)(III) of the definition of “relevant parent” in section 61A(1) of Chapter 11A | August 3 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Sections 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 434 of 2016), art. 2(b) |
| S. 31 insofar as it relates to the insertion, in Part 2 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (26/2005) of Chapter 11A, ss. 61A(1)(b)(ii)(III) and 62B-E | 1 July 2022 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Section 31) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 361 of 2022), art. 2 |
| Ss. 32- 37 | 1 August 2016 | Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 435 of 2016), art. 2(e) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2 transfer of functions, construction of references | S.I. No. 436 of 2020, arts. 1(2), 2, 3, schedule 1 | 14 October 2020 | S.I. No. 436 of 2020, art. 1(2) |
| S. 2(1) amended | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (4/2021), ss. 1(2), 21 | 1 April 2021 | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 148 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 6(1) amended | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (4/2021), ss. 1(2), 22 | 1 April 2021 | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 148 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 7(3)(a)(ii) amended | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (4/2021), ss. 1(2), 23(a) | 1 April 2021 | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 148 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 7(3)(b)(ii) amended | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (4/2021), ss. 1(2), 23(b) | 1 April 2021 | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 148 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 7(4)(a) amended | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (4/2021), ss. 1(2), 23(c) | 1 April 2021 | Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 148 of 2021), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |