Updated to 23 February 2024 (Act No. 4 of 2024 and S.I. No. 63 of 2024)

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement 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 AffectedAffecting Provision
S. 15(2)(d) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(i)
S. 15(2)(e) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(ii)
S. 15(2)(f) inserted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(iii)
S. 40(5) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(b)
S. 40(5)(aa) inserted Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(a), 13(2)
S. 40(5)(g) amended Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(b), 13(2)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs 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)