Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007
Number 22 of 2007
COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007. 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.
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 22 of 2007
COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
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 first passed.
Related legislation
Communications Regulation Acts 2002 to 2017: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Act 2017 (3/2017), s. 3(3)). The Acts in this group are:
• Communications Regulation Act 2002 (20/2002)
• Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 (22/2007)
• Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Act 2010 (2/2010)
• Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011), other than ss. 62 to 65 and Part 4
• Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Act 2015 (20/2015)
• Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Act 2017 (3/2017)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011)
• Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Act 2010 (2/2010)
• Broadcasting Act 2009 (18/2009)
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)
• Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 224 of 2007)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 22 of 2007
COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary Matters
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
Amendment of Principal Act, etc.
3. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act (interpretation).
4. Repeal of section 9 and miscellaneous amendments to other enactments.
5. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act (functions of Commission).
6. Insertion into Principal Act of new sections 13A to 13E.
7. Insertion into Principal Act of new sections 24A to 24C.
8. Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act (levies and fees).
9. Insertion into Principal Act of new sections 31A to 31C.
10. Insertion into Principal Act of new Part 2A.
11. Substitution of section 43 of Principal Act (prosecution of summary offences by Commission).
12. Amendment of section 44 of Principal Act (notice of Commission of intention to prosecute, etc.).
13. Substitution of sections 45 and 46 of Principal Act.
14. Insertion into Principal Act of new sections 46A to 46E.
15. Insertion into Principal Act of new section 57A.
16. Insertion into Principal Act of new Part 6.
17. Insertion into Principal Act of new Part heading.
18. Substitution of Schedule 1 to Principal Act.
Amendment of Electronic Commerce Act 2000
19. Amendment of section 2 of Electronic Commerce Act 2000 (interpretation).
21. Substitution of Part 4 of Electronic Commerce Act 2000.
Amendment of Competition Act 2002
22. Amendment of section 3 of Competition Act 2002 (interpretation).
30. Substitution of section 47 of Competition Act 2002.
31. Insertion into Competition Act of new Part 4A.
32. Amendment of Schedule 1 to Competition Act 2002.
Consequential Amendment of Certain Acts
Amendment of Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926
Amendment of Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951
Amendment of Broadcasting Authority Act 1960
Amendment of Wireless Telegraphy Act 1972
Amendment of Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
Amendment of Broadcasting and Wireless Telegraphy Act 1988
Amendment of Radio and Television Act 1988
Amendment of Broadcasting Act 1990
Amendment of Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993
Amendment of Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996
Consequential Amendment of Certain Statutory Instruments
Amendment of European Communities (Telecommunications Infrastructure) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 338 of 1997)
Amendment of Wireless Telegraphy (GSM and TACS Mobile Telephony Licence) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 468 of 1997)
Amendment of Wireless Telegraphy (Fixed Wireless Point-to-Multipoint Access Licence) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 287 of 1999)
Amendment of Wireless Telegraphy (GSM and TACS Mobile Telephony Licence) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 442 of 1999)
Amendment of European Communities (Conditional Access) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 357 of 2000)
Amendment of European Communities (Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 240 of 2001)
Savings and Transitional Provisions
Acts Referred to
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1990, No. 24 |
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1988, No. 19 |
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1960, No. 10 |
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1971, No. 24 |
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2002, No. 20 |
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1963, No. 33 |
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2002, No. 14 |
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2000, No. 27 |
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1972, No. 27 |
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1993, No. 29 |
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1977, No. 28 |
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Post Office Act 1908 |
8 Edw. 7, c. 48 |
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1951, No. 17 |
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1983, No. 24 |
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1988, No. 20 |
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1996, No. 34 |
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1926, No. 45 |
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1972, No. 5 |
Number 22 of 2007
COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION ACT 2002 TO CONFER ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS ON THE COMMISSION FOR COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION; TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF AN EMERGENCY CALL ANSWERING SERVICE (ECAS); TO AMEND THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACT 2000 WITH RESPECT TO THE REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES; AND TO MAKE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN OTHER ACTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[21st April, 2007]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
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Collectively cited Communications Regulations Acts 2002 to 2010 included in European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), sch. 2 (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), in effect as per reg. 1(3).