Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
Number 23 of 2003
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
REVISED
Updated to 28 September 2021
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 23 of 2003
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
REVISED
Updated to 28 September 2021
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014)
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)
• Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010)
All Acts up to and including Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 (32/2021), enacted 23 July 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Digital Hub Development Agency Superannuation Scheme 2017 (S.I. No. 98 of 2017)
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
• Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 (Establishment Day) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 303 of 2003)
All statutory instruments up to and including Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 508 of 2021), made 28 September 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 23 of 2003
DIGITAL HUB DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACT 2003
REVISED
Updated to 28 September 2021
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1.
2.
3.
Extension or variation of digital hub area.
4.
5.
Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas.
6.
Digital Hub Development Agency
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Conferral of additional functions on Agency.
12.
Directives of Minister to Agency.
13.
Subsidiaries, investments, joint ventures, etc.
14.
15.
Membership of Agency and term of office of members.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament.
23.
24.
25.
Disclosure by members of Agency of certain interests.
26.
Disclosure by staff of Agency, etc., of certain interests.
27.
Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
28.
29.
Advances by Minister to Agency.
30.
31.
32.
Accountability of chief executive to Committee of Public Accounts.
33.
Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas Committees.
34.
Reports and information to Minister.
35.
36.
37.
38.
Dissolution of Digital Media Development Limited and Transitional Provisions
39.
Dissolution of Digital Media Development Limited.
40.
References to former company in enactments.
41.
42.
Preservation of certain contracts and adaptation of references to former company.
43.
44.
Final accounts of former company.
Amendment of Communications Regulation Act 2002
45.
Amendment of Communications Regulation Act 2002.
Description of Digital Hub
Acts Referred to
Communications Regulation Act 2002
Companies Act 1963
Companies Acts 1963 to 2001
European Parliament Elections Act 1997
Freedom of Information Act 1997
Planning and Development Act 2000
Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963
Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926
Number 23 of 2003
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
REVISED
Updated to 28 September 2021
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BODY TO BE KNOWN AS THE DIGITAL HUB DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS, TO DISSOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION ACT 2002 AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [8th July, 2003]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
Functions transferred and references to "Department of Finance" and "Minister for Finance" construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 6-9.
(1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
(b) the statutory instruments specified in Schedule 2, are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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(2) |
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No. 23 of 2003 |
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 |
Sections 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18(6), 24, 28(5) and 29 |
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