Acts of the Oireachtas
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022
Statutory Instruments
Appoints 17 October 2016 as the day on which the following provisions came into force:
(a) Part 1, other than sections 3, 4 and 7;
(b) Part 9, other than section 96, section 102 and Chapter 3.
Appoints 17 October 2016 as the day on which the following provisions came into force:
(a) the definition of “Minister” in section 82;
(b) the definitions of “code of practice” and “working group” in section 91(1);
(c) section 91(2).
Appoints 17 December 2018 as the day on which section 91, insofar as it was not already in operation, came into operation.
The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality by or under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 are transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth conferred on him by or under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 are delegated to Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
(SI 24/2021) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Section 7(1)) (Commencement) Order 2021
Appoints 1 February 2021 as the day on which section 7(1) came into operation.
(SI 46/2023) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023
Appoints 17 February 2023 as the day on which the following provisions (of the 2022 Act) came into force:
(a) subsections (1), (5) and (6) of section 1;
(b) section 2;
(c) subsection (1) of section 98.
(SI 192/2023) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2023
(SI 193/2023) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023
(SI 201/2023) Circuit Court Rules (Assisted Decision – Making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023
(SI 202/2023) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Fees) Regulations 2023
(SI 205/2023) Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Section 10(4)) Regulations 2023
(SI 261/2023) Rules of the Superior Courts (Assisted Decision – Making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023
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Last Updated: 1 June2023