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Contents

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

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-5	11 December 2015	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S. I. No. 555 of 2015), art. 2(a)
Ss. 6-17	11 December 2017	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 470 of 2017), art. 2
S. 18	1 May 2016	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 211 of 2016), art. 2(a)
S. 19	11 December 2017	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 470 of 2017), art. 2
Ss. 20-26	1 May 2016	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 211 of 2016), art. 2(b)
S. 27	11 December 2017	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 470 of 2017), art. 2
S. 28	11 December 2015	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S. I. No. 555 of 2015), art. 2(b)
Schs. 1-3	11 December 2017	Children First Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 470 of 2017), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Application of Act extended	S.I. No. 230/2018 - European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, reg. 10(3)
S. 2 amended	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 55(a)
S. 21(3)(d) amended	Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (17/2019), ss. 1(2), 35(a)
S. 24(2)(d)(ii) amended	Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019 (17/2019), ss. 1(2), 35(b)
Sch. 2, para. 14 amended	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), ss. 12, 13(3)
Sch. 2, para. 15(j) amended	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2024 (19/2024), ss. 20(a), 23(2)
Sch. 2, para. 18 amended	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2024 (19/2024), ss. 20(b), 23(2)
Sch. 3, para. 9A inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 55(b)(i)
Sch. 3, para. 10(b) substituted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 55(b)(ii)
Sch. 3, para. 10(c), (d) inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 55(b)(ii)
Sch. 3, para. 14 inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 55(b)(iii)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
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