Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

Personal public service number.

[1993 s223(1); 2005 (SW&P) s26 & Sch 4]

262

262.—(1) Subject to this section, in this section and sections 263 to 270

“personal public service number” means a number allocated and issued in accordance with subsection (2);

“primary account number”, in relation to a F1541[public services card] or a card issued under section 264, means a number consisting of—

(a) an issuer number, issued under licence from the International Standards Organisation,

(b) a personal public service number, and

(c) a card number allocated, in the case of a F1541[public services card], by the Minister or, in any other case, by the person who issued the card;

“public service identity”, in relation to a person, means the information specified in subsection (3) and the person’s personal public service number;

“specified body” shall be read in accordance with Schedule 5;

F1542[spouse means each person of a married couple;]

“transaction” means—

(a) an application,

(b) a claim,

(c) a communication,

(d) a payment, or

(e) a supply of a service,

relating to a public function of a specified body which relates to a natural person.

[1993 s223(2); 2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(2) The Minister may F1543[, subject to subsection (2A),] allocate and issue a personal public service number to each person who is the subject of any transaction with a specified body.

F1544[(2A) The Minister shall not allocate and issue a personal public service number to a person unless the Minister is satisfied as to the identity of the person to whom such number is to be allocated and issued.]

[1993 s223(3); 2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(3) (a) For the purposes of allocating and issuing a personal public service number, a person or, in the case of a deceased person, a personal representative, who has any transaction with a specified body shall give to the Minister the following information in relation to the person or the deceased person, as the case may be:

(i) surname;

(ii) forename;

(iii) date of birth;

(iv) place of birth;

(v) sex;

(vi) all former surnames (if any);

(vii) all former surnames (if any) of his or her mother;

(viii) address;

(ix) nationality;

(x) date of death;

F1545[(xa) certificate of death, where relevant;]

F1546[(xb) where required, a photograph of the person, except where the person is deceased;

(xc) where required, the persons signature, except where the person is deceased;]

F1547[(xd) any other information as may be required for authentication purposes that is uniquely linked to or is capable of identifying that person;]

(xi) any other information that may be prescribed which, in the opinion of the Minister, is relevant to and necessary for the allocation of a personal public service number.

F1548[(b) Where a person who has a transaction with a specified body is under the age of 18 years, the following information shall be given to the Minister in relation to that person by that persons parent or guardian

(i) the information specified in paragraph (a), and

(ii) the public service identity of

(I) his or her mother and father, or

(II) his or her guardian or guardians.]

F1549[(c) Where a person who has a transaction with a specified body is certified by a registered medical practitioner to be a person who is or is likely soon to become unable for the time being to manage his or her own financial affairs, the following information shall be given to the Minister by any person appointed to act on behalf of that person in accordance with regulations made under section 244(1)(b)

(i) the information specified in paragraph (a) in relation to the person so certified, and

(ii) the public service identity of the person so appointed to act on behalf of that person.]

F1550[(3A) An officer of the Minister may retain any document (including a passport, visa, identity card, driving licence, birth certificate or marriage certificate or any other document establishing a persons nationality or identity), given for any purpose under this Act, for such period as may be reasonable which period shall not in any case exceed 21 days.

(3B) Where a document is retained under subsection (3A) a receipt in the prescribed form shall be issued in respect of it to the person concerned.]

[1993 s223(4); 2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(4) A person shall give to a specified body his or her personal public service number and the personal public service numbers of his or her spouse F1551[, civil partner or cohabitant] and children, where relevant, as required by the body for the purposes of the person’s transaction.

[2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(5) Where a specified body collects from a person any of the information specified in subsection (3), that information shall also be collected for the purpose of maintaining the person’s public service identity.

[2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(6) (a) Where a specified body has a transaction with a person, the Minister may share the person’s public service identity with the specified body to the extent necessary F1552[in respect of that transaction] for authentication by the specified body of the person’s public service identity.

(b) A specified body may use a person’s public service identity in performing its public functions insofar as those functions relate to the person concerned.

[2002 (MP) s12(1) (b)]

(7) Where an tArd-Chláraitheoir collects information relating to the registration of the birth of a person, the information shall also be collected for the purpose of allocating the person’s personal public service number.

[2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

(8) In this section a reference to a personal public service number shall be read as including a reference to a number known as a revenue and social insurance number.

[2002 (MP) s12(1)(b)]

F1553[(9) A person, other than

(a) the person to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(b) the parent or guardian of the person under the age of 18 years to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(c) a person who has been appointed to act on behalf of a person in accordance with regulations made under section 244(1)(b) to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(d) a specified body,

(e) a person who has a transaction with a specified body where the personal public service number is relevant to the transaction between the person and the specified body, or

(f) a person who is required to comply with section 260, 261 or 261A or regulations made under section 260,

who uses a personal public service number or seeks to have a personal public service number disclosed to him or her is guilty of an offence.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F1541

Substituted (21.12.2010) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010), s. 9(3), commenced on enactment.

F1542

Substituted (1.01.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010), s. 23(2), S.I. No. 673 of 2010.

F1543

Inserted (7.06.2012) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012 (12/2012), s. 15(2)(a), S.I. No. 195 of 2012.

F1544

Inserted (7.06.2012) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012 (12/2012), s. 15(2)(b), S.I. No. 195 of 2012.

F1545

Inserted (30.03.2007) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (8/2007), s. 32(a)(i), commenced on enactment.

F1546

Substituted (21.12.2010) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010), s. 8(a), commenced on enactment.

F1547

Inserted (21.12.2010) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010), s. 8(b), commenced on enactment.

F1548

Substituted (29.06.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (9/2011), s. 14(a), commenced on enactment.

F1549

Inserted (29.06.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (9/2011), s. 14(a), commenced on enactment.

F1550

Inserted (30.03.2007) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (8/2007), s. 32(a)(ii), commenced on enactment.

F1551

Inserted (1.01.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010), s. 26 and sch. 3 item 24, S.I. No. 673 of 2010.

F1552

Inserted (30.03.2007) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (8/2007), s. 32(a)(iii), commenced on enactment.

F1553

Substituted (29.06.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (9/2011), s. 14(b), commenced on enactment.

F1554

Substituted (25.05.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), s. 197, S.I. No. 174 of 2018.

F1555

Deleted (17.12.2008) by Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (22/2008), s. 25, commenced on enactment.

F1556

Substituted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 21, S.I. 648 of 2010.

F1557

Substituted (18.08.2015) by Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 (34/2014), s. 29(b), S.I. No. 357 of 2015.

Modifications (not altering text):

C117

Application of subs. (6)(b) modified (18.04.2019 as regards subs. (1), (2), (3) and (5) of s. 7; 7.07.2021 as regards subs. (4)) by Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (5/2019), s. 7, S.I. No. 189 of 2019, S.I. No. 334 of 2021.

Interaction with Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act, other than Part 5 and Chapter 3 of Part 9, does not affect the operation of the Act of 2005.

(2) Notwithstanding section 262(6)(b) of the Act of 2005, a specified body (in this section referred to as the “first mentioned specified body”) may, subject to subsection (3), disclose the information comprised in a person’s public service identity to another specified body (in this section referred to as the “second mentioned specified body”), where the information is disclosed in accordance with this Act.

(3) The first mentioned specified body may not disclose the information comprised in a person’s public service identity to the second mentioned specified body for the purpose specified in section 13(2)(a)(ii)(VIII).

(4) The reference in subsections (2) and (3) to the disclosure of the information referred to in those subsections includes the accessing of that information by the second mentioned specified body where that information is contained in a base registry in respect of which the first mentioned specified body is the base registry owner.

(5) In this section—

“specified body” has the same meaning as it has in section 262 of the Act of 2005;

“public service identity” has the same meaning as it has in section 262 of the Act of 2005, subject to the modification that the reference, in the definition of that phrase in subsection (1) of that section, to information specified in subsection (3) of that section shall not include a reference to special categories of personal data.

C118

Application of subs. (9) restricted (27.01.2014) by Credit Reporting Act 2013 (45/2013), s. 6(6), S.I. No. 19 of 2014.

Personal information

6. ...

(6) A person who uses, or seeks to have disclosed, a personal public service number for any purpose connected with this Act does not commit an offence under section 262(9) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

C119

Application of subs. (7) extended (5.12.2005) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004), s.66(1)(e)(ii), S.I. No. 764 of 2005.

Power of Ard- Chláraitheoir to give information to others.

66.—(1) F1533[Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, but subject to the Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, an tArd-Chláraitheoir may], after consultation with F1555[] the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, give such information as may be prescribed in relation to births, F1536[marriages, civil partnerships, decrees of divorce, decrees of nullity of marriage, decrees of dissolution or decrees of nullity of civil partnership], registered under this Act or under any of the repealed enactments to—

...

(e) the Minister for Social and Family Affairs for the purpose of—

(i) determining entitlement to, or control of, benefit under the F1537[Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005], or

(ii) F1537[section 262] of that Act,

Editorial Notes:

E1789

Offences under section designated (25.05.2018) as "serious crime" for the purposes of European Union (Passenger Name Record Data) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 177 of 2018) by art. 2(1) and sch. 2 para 7 thereof, in effect as per art. 1(2).

E1790

The tables below list other instances of enactments which specifically permit or restrict the use of personal public service numbers (or numbers of the variety mentioned in subs. (8)).

Table A

References in Acts of the Oireachtas

Adoption Act 2010 (21/2010), s. 84 and sch. 3, and s. 85(4)—as substituted (19.10.2017) by Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (19/2017), s. 36, S.I. No. 443 of 2017—commenced (1.11.2010) by S.I. No. 511 of 2010.

Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (1/2003), s. 48A(1), as inserted (14.09.2020) by Finance Act 2019(45/2019), s. 63(1)(b), commenced as per s. 76(8) and S.I. No. 334 of 2020.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015 (28/2015) ss. 7(5)(b) and 16(6), not commenced as of date of revision.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (13/2020) s. 20(2)(b)(ii), commenced (21.08.2020) by S.I. No. 306 of 2020T.

Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004), s. 30C(4) as inserted and sch. 1 as amended (4.09.2015) by Gender Recognition Act 2015 (25/2015), ss. 27 and 30, S.I. No. 369 of 2015.

Companies Act 2014 (38/2014), s. 888A as inserted (11.06.2023) by Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (48/2021), s. 35, S.I. No. 292 of 2023.

Education Act 1998 (51/1998), s. 66(6)(b)(iv), as inserted (3.10.2018) by Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 (14/2018), s. 9, S.I. No. 396 of 2018.

Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), s. 13E(7), as inserted (13.10.2022) by Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022, s. 89, S.I. No. 512 of 2022.

Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), sch. 2 part 1 rule 5, as substituted (13.10.2022) by Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022, s. 106(a)(iv), S.I. No. 512 of 2022.

Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), sch. 2 part 2 rule 14A(1)(c), as inserted (11.04.2019) by Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 153 of 2019), art. 2.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (52/2012), ss. 39(f), 43(1) and Table 1, commenced (1.01.2013) by S.I. No. 589 of 2012.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 (38/2010), s. 6B, as inserted (28.07.2012) by Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012), s. 73, commenced on enactment.

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 (7/2014), s. 14(3)(c), commenced (11.01.2016) on enactment.

Gender Recognition Act 2015 (25/2015), ss. 10(1)(a), commenced (4.09.2015) by S.I. No. 369 of 2015.

Health Insurance Act 1994 (16/1994), s. 7C(6), as inserted (19.07.2009) by Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (24/2009), s. 9, commenced on enactment.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014), ss. 35, 42(1) and 42(2), commenced (15.09.2014) by S.I. No. 404 of 2014; ss. 53(2)(b) and 53(4)(b), not commenced as of date of revision.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 (33/2024), s. 33(3)(e), commenced (17.06.2025) by S.I. No. 250 of 2025.

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 (12/2005), s. 18A(1) and 18N(2), as inserted (1.03.2021) by Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 (31/2020), s. 63, S.I. No. 19 of 2021.

Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 (24/1994), s. 27A(1) and 52(2), as inserted (1.03.2021) by Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 (31/2020), ss. 27 and 39, S.I. No. 19 of 2021.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (15/2009), s. 26(3)(e), commenced (27.10.2009) by S.I. No. 423 of 2009.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (46/2003), s. 11(3A)(b), as inserted (4.09.2023) by Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 (42/2022), s. 3(c), S.I. No. 354 of 2023.

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012), s. 50, commenced (1.11.2012 in so far as it relates to any pre-existing public service pension scheme; 1.01.2013 otherwise) by S.I. No. 413 of 2012, and S.I. No. 574 of 2012.

Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961), s. 22(2)(c) and 22(3), as substituted (1.06.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 57, S.I. No. 255 of 2011.

Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961), s. 33(2A), as inserted (31.07.2023) by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 5(g)(ii), S.I. No. 392 of 2023.

Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961), ss. 35(7) and 35(8), as inserted (19.05.2025) by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 5(h)(iii), S.I. No. 132 of 2025.

Roads Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 72), ss. 5(1A)(c) and 12(1B)(c), as inserted (27.03.2025) by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), ss. 4(a) and 4(b), S.I. No. 53 of 2025.

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (20/2004), s. 13(1), commenced (5.12.2024) by S.I. No. 676 of 2024.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (8/2006), s. 15B(4)(c), as inserted (3.05.2022) by Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022(2/2022), s. 6, S.I. No. 202 of 2022.

Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999), s. 81AA, as inserted (2.04.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 103(a), commenced on enactment.

Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999), s. 81C, as inserted (3.12.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 104(1), S.I. No. 783 of 2007.

Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999), s. 92B(8)(aa)(iv), as inserted (1.02.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 108(1), commenced as per subs. (2).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 172BA(1), as inserted (1.01.2020) by Finance Act 2019(45/2019), s. 24(1)(c), commenced as per s. 76(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), ss. 263D and 263E, as inserted (1.01.2019) by Finance Act 2018(30/2018), s. 16(2)(c), commenced as per s. 65(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 470B(7)(a)(ii)(II)(C), as inserted (19.07.2009) by Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009(24/2009), s. 22, commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 472C(7A), as inserted (2.04.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 9(1)(c)(ii), commenced as per subs. (2)(a).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 473B(9), as inserted (1.01.2023) by Finance Act 2022(8/2022), s. 13(b), commenced as per s. 106(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 473C(11), as inserted (1.01.2024) by Finance (No.2) Act 2023(39/2023), s. 13, commenced as per s. 102(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 477B, as inserted (1.01.2014) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2013(41/2013), s. 5(a)(ii), commenced as per s. 87(7).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 477C, as inserted (1.01.2017) by Finance Act 2016(18/2016), s. 9(1), commenced as per s. 59(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 478A, as inserted (1.08.2020) by Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020(8/2020), s. 7(b), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 531X, as inserted (1.01.2009) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2008(25/2008), s. 3(1), commenced as per s. 102(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), ss. 531AAD(9)(a) and 531AAD(10)(a), as inserted (1.01.2011) by Finance Act 2011(6/2011), s. 3(1)(a), commenced as per s. 3(2).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 653AQ(2), as inserted (15.12.2022) by Finance Act 2022(8/2022), s. 96(1), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 653AS, as inserted (15.12.2022) by Finance Act 2022(8/2022), s. 96(1), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 787P, as substituted (1.01.2014) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2013(41/2013), s. 18(2)(p), commenced as per s. 18(4)(c).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 787R(4), as inserted (7.12.2005) by Finance Act 2006(6/2006), s. 14(1)(e), commenced as per s. 14(4)(d).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 787S(1), as substituted (7.12.2010) by Finance Act 2011(6/2011), s. 19(3)(q), commenced as per s. 19(7)(d).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 787AA(8), as inserted (1.01.2023) by Finance Act 2022(8/2022), s. 20, commenced as per s. 106(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 790AA(8)(b), as substituted (1.01.2011) by Finance Act 2011(6/2011), s. 19(4)(b), commenced as per s. 19(7)(e).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), ss. 817L and 817M, as inserted (3.04.2010) by Finance Act 2010(5/2010), s. 149(1), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 825C(10), as substituted (1.01.2015) by Finance Act 2014(37/2014), s. 15(i), commenced as per s. 101(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 848A, as amended (1.01.2013) by Finance Act 2013(8/2013), s. 19(1)(b), commenced as per s. 108(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), ss. 848X and 848AC, as inserted (1.01.2006) by Finance Act 2006(6/2006), s. 42, commenced as per s. 130(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 888(2)(e)(iia), as inserted (2.04.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 123(a)(i), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 891B, as inserted (31.03.2006) by Finance Act 2006(6/2006), s. 125, commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 891D, as inserted (31.03.2012) by Finance Act 2012(9/2012), s. 122, commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 894A, as inserted (2.04.2007) by Finance Act 2007(11/2007), s. 9(1)(e), commenced as per subs. (2)(a).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 949I, as inserted (21.03.2016) by Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015(59/2015), s. 34, S.I. No. 110 of 2016.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 1041(1C), as inserted (15.12.2022) by Finance Act 2022(8/2022), s. 92(2), commenced on enactment.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), s. 1094(5), as substituted (1.01.2015) by Finance Act 2014(37/2014), s. 95(1)(a)(iii), commenced as per s. 101(8).

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), sch. 16. par. 4(7), as inserted (1.01.2006) by Finance Act 2006(6/2006), s. 77, commenced as per s. 130(8).

Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), s. 18(3)(c), commenced (6.04.2014) by S.I. No. 163 of 2014.

Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 31(4) to (8), commenced (1.10.2015) by S.I. No. 410 of 2015.

Table B

References in Statutory Instruments

Authorisation of Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Operators and Testers Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 107 of 2013), art. 11 and sch. 1 part 3, as amended (20.05.2018) by Authorisation of Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Operators and Testers (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 414 of 2017), art. 12(a), in effect as per art. 1(2).

Capital Acquisitions Tax (Electronic Probate) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 341 of 2020), art. 3(1)(a) and sch. 2 item 3, in effect (14.09.2020) as per art. 1(2).

Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Order 5A, as substituted (31.05.2024) by Circuit Court Rules (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 230 of 2024), art. 2, in effect as per art. 1(1).

Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Order 11A Rule 13(1)(a)(ii), as inserted (18.06.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 217 of 2025), art. 2(vi), in effect as per art. 1(1).

Companies Act 2014 (Prescribed Form — Category 5 Liquidators) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 302 of 2017), sch., made on 11.07.2017.

Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Fuel Grant Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 635 of 2015), art. 7(1)(b), in effect (22.12.2015) as per art. 1(2).

Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 353 of 1994), sch. 1, as substituted (1.01.2021) by Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 749 of 2020), art. 2(h), in effect as per art. 1.

District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), Order 40A Rule 5(1)(ii), as substituted (31.05.2024) by District Court (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 231 of 2024), art. 2, in effect as per art. 1(1); replacing Order 40A Rule 5(1)(ii) as inserted (3.02.2014) by District Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 17 of 2014), Rule 2(3) and sch. 2, in effect as per Rule 1(1).

District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), Order 39A Rule 13(1)(a)(ii), as inserted (18.06.2025) by District Court (Digital) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 218 of 2025), art. 2(ii), in effect as per art. 1(1).

Employment Regulation Order (Contract Cleaning Joint Labour Committee) 2015 (S.I. No. 418 of 2015), art. 3 and sch. part III, in effect (1.10.2015) as per art. 2.

Employment Regulation (Amendment) Order (Contract Cleaning Joint Labour Committee) 2020 (S.I. No. 608 of 2020), sch., in effect (18.12.2020) as per art. 3.

Employment Regulation Order (Security Industry Joint Labour Committee) 2017 (S.I. No. 231 of 2017), art. 4 and sch. part 2 para (16), in effect (1.06.2017) as per art. 3.

European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006), art. 4(1)(b) and sch. 1, in effect (10.10.2006) as per art. 1(2).

European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 110 of 2019), arts. 5, 19 and 21; art. 5 in effect (22.03.2019) as per art. 1(2); arts. 19 and 21 in effect (22.05.2019) as per art. 1(3).

European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 548 of 2015), schs. 4, 5, 7 and 9, in effect (1.02.2016) as per art. 1(2).

European Union (Subsidiary Protection) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 409 of 2017), art. 4(2)(c) and sch, in effect (2.10.2017) as per art. 1(2).

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Citizens’ Rights) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 728 of 2020), schs. 6, 7, 9, in effect (31 December 2020 at 11.00 p.m.) as per art. 1(2).

Housing (Incremental Purchase) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 252 of 2010), art. 6, in effect (14.06.2010) as per art. 2.

Income Tax and Corporation Tax (Relevant Contracts Tax) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 576 of 2012), arts. 2, 4(2), 5(2) and 6, in effect (1.01.2012) as per art. 1(2).

Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 345 of 2018), arts. 10, 17 and 19, in effect (1.01.2019) as per art. 1(2).

Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 390 of 1981), art. 13A, as inserted (17.12.2024) by Infectious Diseases (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 735 of 2024), art. 3.

Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 278 of 2009), art. 6(2)(d), in effect (24.07.2009) as per art. 2.

Marriage Registration Form Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 738 of 2007), art. 2 and sch., in effect (5.11.2007) as per art. 1(2).

Medical Insurance (Age-Related Tax Credit Relief at Source) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 343 of 2009), art. 6(2), made on 26.08.2009.

Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 540 of 2003), arts. 10A(1)(c) and 10B(d), the former inserted (14.10.2011) by Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 525 of 2011), art. 6, the latter inserted (24.12.2020) by Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 698 of 2020), art. 4.

Organisation of Working Time (Non-Application of Certain Provisions to Persons Performing Mobile Road Transport Activities) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 342 of 2015), art. 5(a), made on 31.07.2015.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 425 of 2023), art. 4(1)(a)(ii), in effect (4.09.2023) as per art. 2; revoked (14.12.2023) by Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2023 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 617 of 2023), art. 24, in effect as per art. 2.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2023 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 617 of 2023), art. 4(1)(a)(ii), in effect (14.12.2023) as per art. 2.

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Protective Certificate Personal Insolvency Arrangement Application Form) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 331 of 2013), art. 2 and sch., made on 30.08.2013.

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Protective Certificate Debt Settlement Arrangement Application Form) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 332 of 2013), art. 2 and sch., made on 30.08.2013.

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Debt Relief Notice Application Form) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 333 of 2013), art. 2 and sch., made on 30.08.2013.

Return of Payments (Banks, Building Societies, Credit Unions and Savings Banks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 136 of 2008), arts. 5 and 7, made (6.05.2008).

Return of Payments (Insurance Undertakings) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 641 of 2011), arts. 4 and 6, made (13.12.2011).

Returns of Payments (Government Departments and other Bodies) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 273 of 2011), arts. 5 and 7, made (10.06.2011).

Returns of Payment Transactions by Payment Settlers (Merchant Acquirers) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 324 of 2012), art. 3(3)(c), made (20.08.2012).

Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 537 of 2006), s. 54(1)(n) as inserted (9.04.2018) by Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 98 of 2018), art. 2(c), in effect as per art. 1(2).

Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 537 of 2006), sch. 9, as inserted (9.11.2020) by Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 508 of 2020), art. 12, in effect as per art. 1(2).

Road Transport (Operator’s Licence Application) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 398 of 2018), art. 4 and sch. 1, art. 5 and sch. 2, made on 4.10.2018.

Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), Order 1A Rule 3 and Appendix CC, No. 1 as inserted (2.06.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries) 2005 (S.I. No. 248 of 2005), Rules 4 and 12, in effect as per Rule 1; amended (27.11.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) 2017 (S.I. No. 475 of 2017), Rule 2(vi), in effect as per rule 1(1); amended (31.10.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries: Periodic Payments Orders) 2018 (S.I. No. 430 of 2018), Rule 2(i), in effect as per rule 1(1); Order 1A substituted (31.05.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 228 of 2024), art. 2(i), in effect as per art. 1(1).

Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), Order 117 Rule 19(1)(i)(b), as substituted (31.01.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 13 of 2005), art. 2(xii), in effect as per art. 1(1).

Stamp Duty (E-stamping of Instruments and Self-Assessment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 234 of 2012), arts. 2, 4 and sch. 2, in effect (7.07.2012) as per art. 1(2).

Statistics (Employer Identification Inquiry) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 497 of 2017), art. 5 and sch., made on 14.11.2017.

Universal Social Charge Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 510 of 2018), arts. 2 and 13, in effect (1.01.2019) as per art. 1(2).

Vehicle Registration and Taxation Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 318 of 1992), art. 7(1)(c)(iii) as substituted (1.09.2010) by Vehicle Registration and Taxation (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 400 of 2010), art. 3(c), in effect as per art. 2.

Table C

Previous References in Acts of the Oireachtas

Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (52/2012), s. 79(c), commenced (1.01.2013) by S.I. No. 589 of 2012. Section 79 no longer includes reference to personal public service numbers following its substitution (1.01.2019) by Home Building Finance Ireland Act 2018 (52/2012), s. 34, commenced as per s. 39.

Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 (30/2009), s. 11.

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997), S. 477A(8)(b), as inserted by Finance Act 2011(6/2011), s. 13; repealed before coming into operation (1.01.2014)) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 (41/2013), s. 5(a), commenced as per s. 87(7).

Table D

Previous References in Statutory Instruments

European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 226 of 2006), schs. 2, 4, 6, 9 and 11, in effect (1.01.2007) as per art. 1(2).

European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 656 of 2006), schs. 2, 4, 6, 9 and 11, in effect (1.01.2007) as per art. 1(2).

Income Tax and Corporation Tax (Relevant Contracts Tax) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 651 of 2011), arts. 2, 4, 5 and 6, in effect (1.01.2012) as per art. 1(2).

Stamp Duty (E-stamping of Instruments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 476 of 2009), art. 5 and sch. 2, in effect (30.12.2009) as per art. 1(2).

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Previous affecting provision: paras. (xb) and (xc) of subs. 3(a) inserted (30.03.2007) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (8/2007), s. 32(a), commenced on enactment; substituted (21.12.2010) as per F-Note above.