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Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018
Authorised officers
10. (1) The national contact point in the State may appoint in writing—
(a) a member of the Garda Síochána specified by rank or name, or
(b) an officer of the Minister specified by grade or name,
to be an authorised officer for vehicle registration data for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An appointment to be an authorised officer may be revoked in writing by the national contact point in the State.
(3) The national contact point in the State shall make available upon request a list of the names of authorised officers to the Data Protection Commissioner or to the national contact point of a designated state or the data protection authority of a designated state.
(4) Only an authorised officer may conduct automated searches of vehicle registration data for the purposes of F8[this Act, Article 12 of the Council Decision and Article 537 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement].
Annotations
Amendments:
F8
Substituted (15.06.2026) by European Union (Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange)) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 250 of 2026), reg. 10, in operation as per reg. 2.
Modifications (not altering text):
C11
References to “Data Protection Commissioner” in subs. (3) construed (25.05.2018) as “Data Protection Commission” by Data Protection Act 2018(7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), 14(4), S.I. No. 174 of 2018.
Establishment day
9. The Minister shall, by order, appoint a day to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act.
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Transfer of functions of Data Protection Commissioner to Commission
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(2) A reference in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Data Protection Commissioner or to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner shall be construed as a reference to the Commission.
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(4) This section shall come into operation on the establishment day.