S.I. No. 656/2007 - Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the

Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003

(Commencement) Order 2007.

2. The 1st day of October 2007 is fixed as the day on which—

(

a

) section 16, and

(

b

) section 22, in so far as it is not already in operation,

of the

Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003

(No. 6 of 2003) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 September 2007

BRIAN LENIHAN.

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings into operation section 16 and section 22 in so far as it repeals the Third Schedule to the

Data Protection Act, 1988

(which relates to registration of data controllers and data processors) of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act, 2003 with effect from the 1st of October 2007.

S.I. No. 656 of 2007

DATA PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd October

, 2007.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23(3) of the

Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003

(No. 6 of 2003), hereby order as follows