S.I. No. 760/2024 - Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 159(1))(Amendment) Rules 2024

1. These Rules, which may be cited as the

Data Protection Act 2018

(Section 159(1))(Amendment) Rules 2024, shall come into operation on the 1

st

day of October 2024.

Interpretation

2. In these Rules, the “Principal Rules” means the

Data Protection Act 2018

(Section 159(1)) Rules 2018 (S. I. No. 659 of 2018).

Amendment

3. The Principal Rules are amended by the substitution for paragraphs (f) and (g) of sub-rule (5) of rule 4 of the following paragraphs

(f) to any person in compliance with an order or direction of a court requiring production or discovery of the personal data concerned;

(g) to a bona fide member of the Press or broadcast media in accordance with rules made under section 159(7) of the 2018 Act, and

(h) to any person authorised by the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee, established pursuant to

section 23

of the

Judicial Council Act 2019

to act on its behalf.”

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th June,

2025.

We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 67

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 15

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1953

, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by

section 159

(1) of the

Data Protection Act 2018

, do hereby make the following Rules.

Dated this 18

th

day of July 2024.

Donal O’Donnell (Chairperson)

George Birmingham

Yvonne McNamara

David Barniville

Gráinne Larkin

Elizabeth Dunne

Michele O’Boyle

Brian R. Murray

Áine Hynes

Máire Whelan

James Finn

Nuala Butler

Mary Cummins

Richard Humphreys

John Mahon

Siobhán Phelan

Citation and entry into force