S.I. No. 175/2018 - Data Protection Act 2018 (Establishment Day) Order 2018

1. This Order may be cited as the Data Protection Act 2018 (Establishment Day) Order 2018.

2. The 25th day of May 2018 is appointed as the establishment day for the purposes of the

Data Protection Act 2018

.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 May 2018.

CHARLES FLANAGAN,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides that 25 May 2018 is the establishment day for the purposes of the

Data Protection Act 2018

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th May

, 2018.

I, CHARLES FLANAGAN, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 9

of the

Data Protection Act 2018

, hereby order as follows