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.
Domestic Violence Act 2018
No. 6 of 2018
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 January 2019 | Domestic Violence Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 532 of 2018), art. 2 |
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(1) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(a) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(4) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(5) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(6) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(8) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(9) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(10) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 15(2)(d) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(i) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 15(2)(e) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(ii) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 15(2)(f) inserted | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(iii) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 22(1)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 22(1)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(3)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(3)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(4)-(6) deleted | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(1) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(1)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(3) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(4) substituted | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(3) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(4)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(4)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 40(5) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(b) | 1 November 2023 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 525 of 2023), art. 3(g) |
| S. 40(5)(aa) inserted | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(a), 13(2) | 10 February 2021 | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 53 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 40(5)(g) amended | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(b), 13(2) | 10 February 2021 | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 53 of 2021), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 3(1) | District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 79 of 2019) |
| S. 31(1) | Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020 (S.I. No. 282 of 2020) |