Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Domestic Violence Act 2018
No. 6 of 2018
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 January 2019 | Domestic Violence Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 532 of 2018), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2(1) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(a) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(4) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(5) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(6) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(b)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(8) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(9) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 7(10) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(c)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 15(2)(d) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(i) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 15(2)(e) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(ii) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 15(2)(f) inserted | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(a)(iii) | 2 September 2024 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 378 of 2024), art. 3(c) |
| S. 22(1)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 22(1)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(d)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(3)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(3)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(i)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 23(4)-(6) deleted | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(e)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(1) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(1)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(i)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(3) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(ii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 24(4) substituted | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(f)(iii) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(3) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(i) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(4)(a) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(I) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 25(4)(b) amended | Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 90(g)(ii)(II) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 40(5) amended | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 82(b) | 1 November 2023 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 525 of 2023), art. 3(g) |
| S. 40(5)(aa) inserted | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(a), 13(2) | 10 February 2021 | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 53 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 40(5)(g) amended | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (32/2020), ss. 11(b), 13(2) | 10 February 2021 | Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 53 of 2021), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 3(1) | District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 79 of 2019) |
| S. 31(1) | Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020 (S.I. No. 282 of 2020) |