This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Act 2021 (34/2021), enacted 24 November 2021, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 601 of 2021), made 17 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 50 of 2001
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (THEFT AND FRAUD OFFENCES) ACT 2001
Updated to 22 November 2021
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
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Acts 2001 and 2021: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021 (2/2021), s. 13(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (50/2001)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021 (2/2021)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (28/2021)
• Counterfeiting Act 2021 (16/2021)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021 (2/2021)
• Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (9/2018)
• Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Act 2015 (56/2015)
• Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (37/2010)
• Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)
• Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (6/2010)
• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009)
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (7/2008)
• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007)
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)
• Immigration Act 2004 (1/2004)
All Acts up to and including Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Act 2021 (34/2021), enacted 24 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 230 of 2018)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 394 of 2011)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 252 of 2002)
All statutory instruments up to and including Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 601 of 2021), made 17 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 50 of 2001
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (THEFT AND FRAUD OFFENCES) ACT 2001
Updated to 22 November 2021
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS