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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ”. |
