All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	1 August 2012	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 281 of 2012), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 4 organisations and bodies prescribed	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 159 of 2015), arts. 2, 4
	Criminal Justice (Witholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 197 of 2014), arts. 2, 4, 5, schedule
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) (No. 2) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 402 of 2013), regs. 2, 4 & schedule
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 1 of 2013), regs. 2, 4 & schedule
S. 4 classes of persons prescribed	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 159 of 2015), arts. 2, 5 & schedule
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) (No. 2) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 402 of 2013), regs. 2, 5 & schedule
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 1 of 2013), regs. 2, 5 & schedule
Sch. 1, para. 12A inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 53(a)(i)
Sch. 1, para. 13 substituted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 53(a)(ii)
Sch. 1, para. 18(aa) inserted	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 80(a)(i)
Sch. 1, para. 18(ba) inserted	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 80(a)(ii)
Sch. 1, para. 21 inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 53(a)(iii)
Sch. 2, para. 11 substituted	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 80(b)
Sch. 2, para. 12 inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 53(b)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
Ss. 5, 6	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 159 of 2015)
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 197 of 2014
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) (No. 2) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 402 of 2013)
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 1 of 2013)
S. 10	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Prescribed Organisations and Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 159 of 2015)