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.
Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
No. 14 of 2022
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-4 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(a) |
| S. 5 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(a) |
| Ss. 6-31 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(b) |
| S. 32 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(c) |
| S. 33 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(b) |
| S. 34 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(c) |
| Ss. 35-37 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(c) |
| Ss. 38-42 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(d) |
| Ss. 43-51 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(d) |
| Ss. 52-56 | 30 June 2022 | Commenced on enactment |
| Ss. 57, 58 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Part 9) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 496 of 2022), art. 2 |
| Ss. 59-63 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(e) |
| S. 64 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(e) |
| Ss. 65-69 | 1 July 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 321 of 2022), art. 2(e) |
| S. 70 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(e) |
| Ss. 71, 72 | 3 October 2022 | Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 448 of 2022), art. 2(f) |
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. 5(2) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(a) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 25(2) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(b) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 31(2) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(c) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 32(4) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(d) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 33A inserted | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(e) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(1) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(f)(i) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(1)(a) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(f)(ii) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(1)(b) amended | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(f)(iii) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(1)(c) inserted | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(f)(iv) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34(8A) inserted | Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), ss. 1(5), 41(g) | 4 April 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |