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Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011
No. 3 of 2011

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 26 January 2011 Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
S. 1(1) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(a)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 2, 11(2)
  Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(a)
S. 1(1) definition of "superior officer" para.(d) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(a)
S. 1(1) references to processing construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 166
S. 3 substituted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 3, 11(2)
S. 3A inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 4, 11(2)
S. 3A(8) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(b)
S. 3B inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 4, 11(2)
S. 4(1) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(c)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(1)(a), 11(2)
S. 4(1)(b) references to processing construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 166
S. 4(1)(d) substituted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(1)(b), 11(2)
S. 4(2) references construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 5(b) amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(2), 11(2)
S. 5(d) references construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 6 substituted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 5, 11(2)
S. 6(3)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(d)(i)
S. 6(3A) inserted Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(b)(i)
S. 6(4) amended Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(b)(ii)
S. 6(4)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(d)(ii)
S. 6A inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6A position after s. 6 confirmed Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 86
S. 6B inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6B(9) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(e)(i)
S. 6B(10)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(e)(ii)(I)
S. 6B(10)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(e)(ii)(II)
S. 6B(10)(c) inserted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(e)(ii)(III)
S. 6B(15)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(e)(iii)
S. 6C(1)-(3) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6C(4) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6D(1)-(3) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6D(4) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6D(5)-(9) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 10(10)(a)-(c) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6D(10)(d) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6D(11) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(f)(i)
S. 6D(12)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(f)(ii)(I)
S. 6D(12)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(f)(ii)(II)
S. 6D(12)(c) inserted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(f)(ii)(III)
S. 6E inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6E(2) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(b)(i)
S. 6E(3) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(b)(ii)
S. 6E(3A) inserted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(b)(iii)
S. 6E(5) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(g)
S. 6E(6) inserted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(b)(iv)
S. 6F inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 6F(1) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(h)
S. 7 deleted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(3), 11(2)
S. 7A(1)-(6) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7A(7) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(i)
S. 7A(7) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(1)-(6) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(5)(b)(i) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(i)(I)
S. 7B(5)(b)(ii) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(i)(II)
S. 7B(5)(b)(iii) deleted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(i)(III)
S. 7B(7) inserted
S. 7B(8)-(13) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(14)(a)-(c) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(14)(d) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(15)-(23) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7B(15) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(ii)
S. 7B(16) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(iii)(I)
S. 7B(16)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(iii)(II)
S. 7B(16)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(iii)(III)
S. 7B(16)(c) inserted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(j)(iii)(IV)
S. 7C(1)-(6) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7C(7) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7C(9)-(13) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7D(5)(b)(i) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(i)(I)
S. 7D(1)-(6) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7D(5)(b)(ii) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(i)(II)
S. 7D(5)(b)(iii) deleted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(i)(III)
S. 7D(7) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7D(8)-(13) Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. S. 7D(14)(a)-(c) Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. S. 7D(14)(d) Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. S. 7D(15)-(23) Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 7, 11(2)
S. 7D(16)(a) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(ii)(I)
S. 7D(16)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(ii)(II)
S. 7D(16)(c) inserted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(k)(ii)(III)
S. 8 references to processing construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 166
S. 9(1) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(l)(i)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(4)(a), 11(2)
S. 9(2) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(l)(ii)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(4)(b), 11(2)
S. 9(3) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(l)(iii)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(4)(c), 11(2)
S. 9(3A) inserted Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(c)(i)
S. 9(3A) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(l)(iv)
  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(4)(d), 11(2)
S. 9(4) amended Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(c)(ii)
S. 9(5) amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(4)(e), 11(2)
S. 9(5)(c) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(l)(v)
S. 9(7) transfer of cert. functions under Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
S. 9(7A) inserted Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(c)(iii)
S. 9(8) amended Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(iv)
S. 10 amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(5)(a), 11(2)
S. 10(1) amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(5)(b), 11(2)
S. 10(3) amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(5)(c), 11(2)
S. 10(4) amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(5)(d), 11(2)
S. 10(5)(a) substituted Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(d)
S. 10(10) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(m)
S. 11 references construed Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), 14(4)
S. 12 substituted with transitional provisions Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 285(1)(c), (2), (3)
S. 12 amended Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 10(6), 11(2)
S. 12(1)(b) substituted Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No. 29 of 2014), ss. 1(5), 89(e)
S. 12(2)(b) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(n)(i)
S. 12(3) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(n)(ii)
S. 12(4) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(n)(iii)
S. 12(4) substituted Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 214
S. 12(5) inserted Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 214
S. 12A inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12A(1) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(o)
S. 12B inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12C inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12D inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12E inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12F inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12F(2)(c) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(p)
S. 12G(1) inserted insofar as it relates to the Garda Commissioner, the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces and the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners  Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12G(1) inserted insofar as it relates the Chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
12G(2) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
12G(3) inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12G(3)(b) substituted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(q)(i)
S. 12G(3)(d) substituted Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(q)(ii)
S. 12H inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12I amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(r)
S. 12I inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12J inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 8, 11(2)
S. 12J(2) amended Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 78(s)
S. 13A inserted Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 (25/2022), ss. 9, 11(2)
Schedule 1 amended European Union (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 349 of 2016), regs. 1(2), 52

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 4(1)(d) Communications (Retention of Data) (Data Security)Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 352 of 2023)
S. 12F(1) Communications (Retention of Data) (Data Security)Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 352 of 2023)