S.I. No. 291/2020 - Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2020

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2020, shall come into operation on the 13th day of August 2020.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020.

(3) The Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020 as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020.

2. The Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2019 (

S.I. No. 222 of 2019

) are amended by the substitution for paragraph (1) of regulation 2 therein of the following paragraph

“(1) Proceedings under the

Data Protection Act 1988

commenced before the Circuit Court but not completed on the date on which

section 8

of the

Data Protection Act 2018

came into operation may, subject to the provisions of the

Data Protection Act 2018

, be continued and determined as if these Rules had not come into operation.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

This rule substitutes regulation 2(1) of

S.I. No. 222 of 2019

(Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2019) to rectify the reference therein to “the

Data Protection Act 1988

”.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th August,

2020.

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 69

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, by virtue of the powers conferred on us by

section 66

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1924

and

section 70

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, (as applied by

section 48

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

),

section 27

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

, the European Communities (Rules of Court) Regulations 1972 (

S.I. No. 320 of 1972

) and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice and Equality, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 3rd day of March 2020.

Patricia Ryan

_____________________

Chairperson

Jacqueline Linnane

_____________________

Tomás Keys

_____________________

Fiona Duffy Coady

_____________________

Sabina Purcell

_____________________

Mairead Ahern

_____________________

Rita Considine

_____________________

James Finn

_____________________

I concur in the making of the above Rules of Court.

Dated this 27th day of July 2020

Helen McEntee

Minister for Justice and Equality