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.
Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005
No. 28 of 2005
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 February 2007 | Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 647 of 2006), 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.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application restricted by transitional provision | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 86 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| Countries designated under | S.I. No. 659 of 2007, art. 2, sch. | 27 September 2007 | S.I. No. 659 of 2007, art. 2 |
| S. 1(1) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 64(a), (b) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| 57/2015, ss. 1(2), 16(a) | 7 April 2017 | Prisons Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 134 of 2017), art. 2 | |
| S. 7(2A) inserted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 65 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 66(a) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 8(2) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 66(b) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 8(2A) inserted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 66(c) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 9A inserted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 67 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10(1) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(a) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| 57/2015, ss. 1(2), 16(b)(i) | 7 April 2017 | Prisons Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 134 of 2017), art. 2 | |
| S. 10(2) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(b) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10(2)(f)(i) amended | S.I. No. 150 of 2021, regs. 1(2), 44 | 30 March 2021 | S.I. No. 150 of 2021, regs. 1(2) |
| S. 10(3) substituted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(c) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10(4) substituted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(d) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10(4)(a) amended | 57/2015, ss. 1(2), 16(b)(ii) | 7 April 2017 | Prisons Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 134 of 2017), art. 2 |
| S. 10(5) substituted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(e) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10(6)(a) amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(f) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| 57/2015, ss. 1(2), 16(b)(iii) | 7 April 2017 | Prisons Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 134 of 2017), art. 2 | |
| S. 10(7) repealed | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 68(g) | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 10A-10E inserted | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 69 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 11 repealed | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 70 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
| S. 12 amended | 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 71 | 3 May 2023 | Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 213 of 2023), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 5 | Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005 (Designated Countries) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 659 of 2007) |