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Updated to 20 November 2024 (Act No. 48 of 2024 and S.I. No. 663 of 2024)

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

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
No. 13 of 2020

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Ss. 1-4 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 5(1), (2) 14 September 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 307 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 5(3) 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(a)
S. 5(4) 14 September 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 307 of 2020), art. 2(a)
Ss. 6-9 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(b)
Ss. 10- 21 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(c)
S. 22 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(d)
S. 23 14 September 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 307 of 2020), art. 2(b)
S. 24 14 September 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 307 of 2020), art. 2(c)
S. 25 14 September 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 307 of 2020), art. 2(d)
Ss. 26-28 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(d)
Ss. 29-31 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(e)
S. 32 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 33 21 August 2020 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 306 of 2020), art. 2(e)

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
S. 10 substituted Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 86
S. 14(3)(a) amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 87(a)
S. 14(3)(c)(iii) amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 87(b)
S. 21(3) application restricted Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 (13/2021), ss. 17(5), 1(2)
S. 22 amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 88
S. 22(aa) inserted Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), ss. 1(4), 83(a)
S. 22(c) amended Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), ss. 1(4), 83(b)
S. 22(ca) inserted Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), ss. 1(4), 83(c)
S. 22(d) amended Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), ss. 1(4), 83(d)
S. 22(e) inserted Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (3/2023), ss. 1(4), 83(e)
S. 23(2)(e) amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 89
S. 29 application restricted Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (15/2022), ss. 1(2), 65
S. 30 substituted Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 90
S. 31(5) amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 91(a)
S. 31(5A) inserted Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 91(b)
S. 31(6) amended Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 91(c)
S. 32(5A) inserted Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), ss. 1(4), 92

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 29(3) Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Remote Meetings and Remote Hearings of State Body – Adoption Authority of Ireland) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 335 of 2020)
S. 29(3)(a) Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Child and Family Agency) (Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 311 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29 (Inland Fisheries Ireland) (Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 238 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29)(Commission for Regulation of Utilities)(Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 232 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29 (Child and Family Agency) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 118 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Veterinary Council of Ireland) (Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 58 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (International Protection Appeals Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 714 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Health) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 532 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 517 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29 (Labour Court) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 514 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Property Services Appeal Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 484 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Property Services Regulatory Authority) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 483 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Property Services Regulatory Authority) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 482 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 481 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Legal Aid Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 480 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Judicial Council) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 479 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Regional Assemblies) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 446 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Local Authorities) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 445 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Sections 29 and 31) (Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 428 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 423 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Central Bank of Ireland) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 421 of 2020)
S. 29(3)(b) Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Meetings of the Oberstown Children Detention Campus Board of Management) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 553 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 29) (Road Safety Authority) (Meetings of Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 520 of 2020)
S. 30(3) Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 30(3)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 274 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 30(3)) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 530 of 2020)
S. 31(3) Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31)(Commission for Regulation of Utilities)(Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 233 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Standards in Public Office Commission) (Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 189 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (CHARITY APPEALS TRIBUNAL) (Designation) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 59 of 2021)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (International Protection Appeals Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 715 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Health) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 533 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Appeals Officers) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 523 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 518 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Labour Court) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 515 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Property Services Appeal Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 488 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Property Services Regulatory Authority) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 487 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 486 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Legal Aid Board) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 485 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 455 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Sections 29 and 31) (Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 428 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 424 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Central Bank of Ireland) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 422 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 420 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Designated Body - Agriculture) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 411 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Workplace Relations Commission) (Designation) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 359 of 2020)
  Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Remote Meetings and Remote Hearings of State Body – Adoption Authority of Ireland) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 335 of 2020)