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Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018
Number 5 of 2018
VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA (AUTOMATED SEARCHING AND EXCHANGE) ACT 2018
REVISED
Updated to 15 June 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018. 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 the International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Act 2026 (12/2026), enacted 3 June 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including the European Union (Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange)) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 250 of 2026), made 11 June 2026, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 5 of 2018
VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA (AUTOMATED SEARCHING AND EXCHANGE) ACT 2018
REVISED
Updated to 15 June 2026
CONTENTS
2. National contact point in State - vehicle registration data
3. Automated searching of vehicle registration data held in National Vehicle and Driver File
4. Automated searching of vehicle registration data held by designated states
5. Correction of inaccurate data and deletion of incorrectly supplied data
6. Recording of automated supply of personal data
7. Data Protection Commissioner’s functions
Acts Referred to
Number 5 of 2018
VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA (AUTOMATED SEARCHING AND EXCHANGE) ACT 2018
REVISED
Updated to 15 June 2026
An Act to give effect to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 20081 and Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 20082 and the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland and Norway on the application of those two Council Decisions insofar as those Council Decisions or that Agreement concern cooperation in relation to automated searching of vehicle registration data and the exchange of such data by or between authorities which are responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences in the State, the other member states of the European Union and Iceland and Norway, and to provide for related matters.
[25th April, 2018]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: