Legislation Directory
The purpose of this database is to enable users of the Irish Statute Book to identify whether a particular provision has been amended or otherwise affected since its enactment.
The database contains -
- A list of abbreviations
- A chronological list of the Public General Acts enacted from 6 December, 1922 to 31 December, 2005,
- An alphabetical list of Acts in force, which were brought into operation either in whole or in part by Orders made on or before 31 December 2005,
- An alphabetical list of collective citations
- An alphabetical list of Orders made under section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939, on or before 31 December, 2005,
- A chronological list of Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972, on or before 31 December, 2005,
- A chronological list of the Private Acts from 6 December, 1922 to 31 December, 2005,
- Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No. 28 of 2007) (which lists all pre 1922 public general statutes that were not repealed by that Act).
Tables of the legislation set out in the next paragraph as affected by any primary or secondary legislation enacted from 6 December, 1922 to 31 December, 2005, namely -
- Pre-Union Irish Statutes (1236 - 1800)
- English Statutes (1226 - 1707)
- Pre-Union British Statutes (1707- 1800)
- British Public Statutes (1801- 1922),
- British Local and Private Statutes (1801- 1922)
- The Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order 1898, and
- The Local Government (Adaptation of Irish Enactments) Order 1899
- A Table of Expressions (in alphabetical order) used in British Statutes (Public Statutes and Local and Private Statutes) or Saorstát Éireann Statutes that have been adapted by the Orders made before 1 January 2003, under the Adaption of Enactments Act 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), or the Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act 1937 (No. 40 of 1937)
- An alphabetical list of all Acts in the Legislation Directory
- An alphabetical list of all Acts by decade
Users should be aware of the following:
Where an affecting provision (including a repealing provision) is governed by a commencement provision, the commencement provision is referred to. Users are advised to check whether the affecting provision has been commenced.
This database does not refer to amendments effected prior to 1922.
Attention is drawn to Part 6 (sections 26 and 27) of the Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23 of 2005), in relation to the effects of repeals and revocations in Acts of the Oireachtas and instruments made partly or wholly thereunder.
Attention is also drawn to section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, which provides that the Treaties and other acts of the Communities are binding on the State and are part of its domestic law.