Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019

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Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

Annotations:

Editorial Notes:

E1

Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (23.03.2022) by Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 137 of 2022).

2. The Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021) is amended by the substitution of the following for Article 3:

“3. The 16th day of December 2022 is appointed as the day on which subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 come into operation.”

E2

Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (7.07.2021) by Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021).

2. The 7th day of July 2021 is appointed as the day on which so much of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (No. 5 of 2019) as is not in operation (other than subsections (2) and (3) of section 6) comes into operation.

3. The 31st day of March 2022 is appointed as the day on which subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 come into operation.

E3

Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (18.04.2019) by Data Sharing And Governance Act 2019 (Commencement Of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019).

2. The 18th day of April 2019 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (No. 5 of 2019) come into operation:

(a) Part 1;

(b) section 5;

(c) section 6(1);

(d) subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) of section 7, for the purposes of the application of those provisions to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5;

(e) section 8(1);

(f) sections 9, 10, 11 and 12;

(g) section 13, for the purposes of the application of that section to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5;

(h) Part 5;

(i) Part 6, other than sections 34(3) and 36;

(j) Part 10, other than sections 69 and 70.