Customs and Excise (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2001

Offences.

9.—Without prejudice to the generality of section 5 (1), any person who uses personal data from the Customs Information System other than for the purpose of the aim specified in Article 2(2) of the CIS Convention shall, save where such use is in accordance with and is subject to the conditions specified in Article 8(1) of that Convention, be guilty of an offence under the Data Protection Act, 1988 .