Number 14 of 2005

DISABILITY ACT 2005

REVISED

Updated to 6 January 2022

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

• Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (38/2012)

• Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (23/2010)

• Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010)

• Broadcasting Act 2009 (18/2009)

• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009 (44/2009)

• Health Act 2007 (23/2007)

All Acts up to and including Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), enacted 23 December 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Disability Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 3 of 2022)

• Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements and Redress) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 704 of 2021)

• Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020)

• Equality, Integration, Disability and Human Rights (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 139 of 2011)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• Disability Act 2005 (Code of Practice) (Declaration) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 484 of 2011)

• Equality, Integration, Disability and Human Rights (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 217 of 2010)

• Disability Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 234 of 2007)

• Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements and Redress) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 263 of 2007)

• Disability Act 2005 (Code of Practice) (Declaration) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 163 of 2006)

• Disability Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 474 of 2005)

• Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 842 of 2005)

All statutory instruments up to and including Disability Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 3 of 2022), made 5 January 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.