Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

1

Short title, collective citation and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022.

(2) The Principal Act and this Act, in so far as it amends the Principal Act, may be cited as the Broadcasting and Other Media Regulation Acts 2009 and 2022.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders 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

A table showing commencement dates ordered by section is available at https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/2022_41.html

E2

Power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (15.03.2023) by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 71 of 2023).

2. The 15th day of March 2023 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (No. 41 of 2022) shall come into operation:

(a) Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8,

(b) Part 9 (other than sections 36 and 40),

(c) Parts 10, 11, and 12 (other than section 47 in so far as Part 8B of the Broadcasting Act 2009 as inserted by section 47 relates to a failure to comply with section 128B(1) or (2), or any rules made under section 128C, of that Act),

(d) sections 50 and 52(a),

(e) Parts 14, 15, and 16, and

(f) Part 17 (other than section 74).