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

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 2 June 1924 Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (Commencement) Order 1924 (S.I. No. 4 of 1924), art. 3

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Appl. 38/1946, ss. 2(4), 3(4)
  21/1956, s. 3 (4)
  17/1959, s. 2(3)
  18/1966, s. 2(3)
  14/1973, s. 3(4)
  27/1977, s. 2(4)
  10/2011, s. 7(3) (col. cit.)
Appl. to Dept. of Communications and member of Government in charge thereof. 40/1983, s. 2(3)
Rstrct. 4/1995, ss. 5(1), 24
Trans. of functns. under. S. I. No. 288 of 1981
  S. I. No. 27 of 1984,
  S. I. No. 147 of 2001, art. 2
S.1 (ii), trans. of cert. functns. under. 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8
  S. I. No. 294 of 1973
S.1 (vi) rep. 6/1928, s. 2(4)
S.1 (vii) constr. 21/1945, s. 7(1)
S.1 (vii), trans. of cert. functns. under. S. I. No. 9 of 1980
S.1 (vii), trans. of functns. under. S. I. No. 383 of 1983,
S.1 (viii) rep. 6/1928, s. 3(4)
S.1 (ix) rep. 40/1983, s. 14(c)
S.1 (x) (in pt.) rep. 18/1954, s. 9, sch. 1
S. 2(1)*
S.2 (2), trans. of cert. functns. under. S. I. No. 294 of 1973
  10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8
S.2 (3) rep., regs. ctd. with power to am. or revoke. 46/1956, s. 22(1) (2), sch.
S.2 (4), trans. of cert. functns. under. 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8
S.3 rep. 38/1946, s. 5, sch.
S.4 rep. 38/1938, ss. 2, 3, sch.
S.6 (1) appl. 39/2000, ss. 1(2), 10(1)
S.6 (1A) (1B), new subsecs. ins. 18/2005, ss. 2(2), 28
S.7, rep. prosp. 28/1977, ss. 6, 7(3)
S.7 (5) rep. 38/1938, ss. 2, 3, sch.
S.8 rep. 18/1954, s. 9, sch. 1
S.9 am. 6/1926, s. 3
S.9 rstrct. 10/2011, s. 101
  22/1942, s. 5(6)
  12/2003, ss. 1(2), 6
S. 10 transfer of functions S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
Ss. 11, 12 rep. 36/1939, s. 11
S. 14 transfer of functions S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
S.15 appl. 28/2005, ss. 8(1), 14(2)
S.15 (1) mod. 24/1925, s. 7(1)
S.15 (4) mod. 24/1925, s. 7(2)
S.15 (4) am. 18/1954, s. 304(1)
S.17 appl. 28/1977, ss. 3, 7(3)
S.17 (c) am. 18/1954, s. 304(2)
Sch., constr. of refs. under. 32/2003, ss. 1(2), 2, sch. 1, par. 4
Sch., pt. 1 am. 43/2001, ss. 2, 36
Sch., pt. 1 (in pt.) rep. 24/1983, s. 7, sch. 3, pt. 1
Sch., pt. 4 am. 28/1971, s. 30
Sch., pt. 5, rep. 6/1928, s. 2(4)
Sch., pt. 7, rep. 6/1928, s. 3(4)
Sch., pt. 8 rep. 40/1983, s. 14(c)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
Whole Act The Money Order Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 1951 (S.I. No. 295 of 1951)
  The Postal Order (Inland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1951 (S.I. No. 294 of 1951)
  Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant 1938 (S.I. No. 114 of 1938)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 33) Warrant 1938 (S.I. No. 113 of 1938)
  Inland Post Amendment (No 31) Warrant 1936 (S.I. No. 203 of 1936)
  The Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant 1934 (S.I. No. 185 of 1934)
  The Urban Stock (Amendment) Regulations, 1928 Confirmation Order 1930 (S.I. No. 29 of 1930)
  26/06/1930: Censorship Of Films (No. 1) Order 1930
  The Money Order Amendment (No. 13) Regulations 1929 (S.I. No. 14 of 1929)
  Motor Car (Public Service Vehicles) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 67 of 1928)
  The Boards Guardians (Minor Officers) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 38 of 1928)
  Heavy Motor Car (Amendment) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 34 of 1928)
  The Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 31 of 1928)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 30) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 30 of 1928)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 29) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 9 of 1928)
  The Money Order Amendment (No. 12) Regulations 1926 (S.I. No. 71 of 1926)
  Foreign and Colonial Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant 1926 (S.I. No. 69 of 1926)
  Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant 1926 (S.I. No. 68 of 1926)
  The Road Vehicles (Calculation of Horse Power) Regulations 1926 (S.I. No. 48 of 1926)
  13/05/1926: Local Conferences (Town Commissioners) Order 1926
  18/02/1926: Conferences (General Council of County Councils) Order 1926
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 28) Warrant 1925 (S.I. No. 64 of 1925)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 27) Warrant 1925 (S.I. No. 25 of 1925)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 26) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 33 of 1924)
  Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 2) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 28 of 1924)
  The Inland Post Amendment (No. 25) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 27 of 1924)
S. 1(iv) Burial Ground (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 144 of 2013)
S. 2(3) Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations (S.I. No. 345 of 1945)
  Civil Service (Bonus) Regulations 1944 (S.I. No. 364 of 1944)
  Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations 1944 (S.I. No. 43 of 1944)
  Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations 1943 (S.I. No. 1 of 1943)
  Civil Service (Stabilisation of Bonus) (Amendment) Regulations 1942 (S.I. No. 258 of 1942)
  Civil Service (Stabilisation of Bonus) Regulations 1940 (S.I. No. 177 of 1940)
S. 9 Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Dissolution of Governors and Revocation of Charters) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 260 of 1955)
  Irish Insurance Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 1 of 1933)
  General Prisons Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 79 of 1928)
  Saorstát Eireann Forestry Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 69 of 1927)
  Irish Land Commission (Fisheries and Rural Industries) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 60 of 1928)
  Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For Ireland (Education) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 101 of 1927)
  Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For Ireland (Fisheries) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 5 of 1927)
  The Commissioners of Education in Ireland (Transfer of Functions) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 22 of 1925)
  Electricity Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1924 (S.I. No. 7 of 1924)
S. 9(1) National Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1935 (S.I. No. 264 of 1935)
  The Intermdiate Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 17 of 1925)
S. 9(2) Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 332 of 1996)
  Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 61 of 1996)
S. 10 Sea Fisheries Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1941 (S.I. No. 276 of 1941)
  National School Teachers' Pension Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1934 (S.I. No. 43 of 1934)
  General Cattle Diseases Fund (Cattle Pleuro-Pneumonia Account) (Winding-Up) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 11 of 1928)
  Forestry Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 70 of 1927)
  The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Winding-Up of a Fund For Congested Districts) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 21 of 1925)
  The Endowment Fund (Final Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 20 of 1925)
  The Intermediate Education Commissioners (Statutory Funds Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 18 of 1925)
  The Development Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 15 of 1925)
  Endowment Fund (Second Apportionment and Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 13 of 1925)
  Endowment Fund (First Apportionment and Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 12 of 1925)
S. 11 Minister For Industry and Commerce (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 194 of 1939)
  Minister For Finance (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 184 of 1939)
  Minister For Local Government and Public Health (Agency) (No. 2) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 132 of 1939)
  Minister For Local Government and Public Health (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 115 of 1939)
  Minister for Agriculture (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 57 of 1932)
  Minister for Industry and Commerce (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 56 of 1932)
  Minister for Local Government and Public Health (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 55 of 1932)
  Army Pensions (Forms of Application) Regulations (No. 1) 1927 (S.I. No. 74 of 1927)
S. 12(2) Meteorological Services (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1936 (S.I. No. 276 of 1936)
  Forestry (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Consequential Order 1934 (S.I. No. 117 of 1934)
  Fisheries (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1934 (S.I. No. 40 of 1934)
  Forestry (Re-Distribution of Public Services Order 1933 (S.I. No. 158 of 1933)
  Geological Survey (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 4 of 1928)
  The Irish Land Commission (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 55 of 1927)
  The Registrar of Friendly Societies (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1926 (S.I. No. 12 of 1926)

*S. 2(1) invalid having regard to the provisions of the Constitution: Macauley v Minister for Posts & Telegraphs [1966] IR 345