Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
No. 6 of 2003
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-4 | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
| S. 5(a)-(c) | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
| S. 5(d) insofar as it amends Data Protection Act 1988 (25/1988), 4(13) | 18 July 2014 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2014 ((S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
| S. 5(d) except insofar as it amends Data Protection Act 1988 (25/1988), s. 4(13) | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
| Ss. 6-15 | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 338 of 2014), art. 2 |
| S. 16 | 1 October 2007 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) order 2007 (S.I. No. 656 of 2007), art. 2(a) |
| Ss. 17-21 | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
| S. 22 insofar as it repeals Data Protection Act 1988 (25/1988), Sched. 3 | 1 October 2007 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) order 2007 (S.I. No. 656 of 2007), art. 2(b) |
| S. 22 except insofar as it repeals Data Protection Act 1988 (25/1988), Sched. 3 | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2(c) |
| S. 23 | 1 July 2003 | Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 207 of 2003), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appl. | 15/2014, ss. 1(2), 27(1)(a), (2) | 13 July 2015 | Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(e) |
| S.I. No. 325 of 2012, reg. 24(1)(b) | 27 August 2012 | ||
| S.I. No. 254 of 2004, regs. 1 (2), 2 | 30 March 2004 | Article 32 (4) of the Customs Co-operation Convention | |
| Saver in so far as col. cit. Acts transpose the Data Protection Directive | S.I. No. 325 of 2012, reg. 3(3) | 27 August 2012 | |
| Trans. of functns. under. | 42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 4, 58, 59 (1) (2) (3), sch. 3 | 1 January 2005 | Health Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 886 of 2004), art. 2 |
| S.1 (1) am. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 17 (1) (a) | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
| S.10, appl. with ness. mods. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 17 | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
| S.12, appl. with ness. mods. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 17 | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
| S.14 (1) am. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 19 (1) | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
| S. 14(2) repealed other than for excepted purposes | 7/2018, ss. 1(3), 7(2), (4) | 25 May 2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 174 of 2018), art. 3 |
| S. 20 references construed | 7/2018, ss. 9, 14(4), 14(2) | 25 May 2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 174 of 2018), art. 3 |
| Ss. 24, 25, 26, appl. with ness. mods. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 17 | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
| Ss. 27 - 31, appl. with ness. mods. | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, reg. 17 | 6 November 2003 | S.I. No. 535 of 2003, 1(2) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |