Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007
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Substitution of section 47 of Competition Act 2002. |
30.— The Competition Act 2002 is amended by substituting the following section for section 47: | |
“Power to disclose certain information relating to offences under this Act. | ||
47.— (1) An authorised person may disclose to the Authority, a member of the Authority, a member of the Authority’s staff or an authorised officer of the Authority any information that, in the person’s opinion, relates to the commission of an offence against this Act. | ||
(2) However, in the case of an offence under section 6 or 7 relating to the provision of an electronic communications service or electronic communications network, or associated facilities, an authorised person may also disclose the information to the Commission, a member of the Commission or a member of the Commission’s staff. | ||
(3) This section has effect despite any other law to the contrary. | ||
(4) In this section, ‘ authorised person ’ means— | ||
(a) the Director of Corporate Enforcement, or | ||
(b) a member of the Garda Síochána, or | ||
(c) a person, or a person belonging to a class of persons, designated under subsection (5). | ||
(5) The Minister may, by notice published in Iris Oifigiúil, designate a person or a class of persons for the purpose of paragraph (c) of the definition of ‘authorised person’ in subsection (4).”. |