Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022
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Number 41 of 2022 | ||
ONLINE SAFETY AND MEDIA REGULATION ACT 2022 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Amendment of Part 1 of Principal Act | ||
4. Meaning of “under the jurisdiction of the State”: media service providers | ||
5. Meaning of “under the jurisdiction of the State”: providers of video-sharing platform services | ||
Coimisiún na Meán | ||
Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services | ||
9. Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services | ||
Duties, codes, and rules applying to media service providers and sound broadcasters | ||
10. Duties, codes, and rules applying to media service providers and sound broadcasters | ||
Amendment of Part 4 of Principal Act | ||
12. Complaints to the Commission about broadcasts or programme material | ||
Amendment of Part 5 of Principal Act | ||
Amendment of Part 6 of Principal Act | ||
Amendment of Part 7 of Principal Act | ||
40. Availability and prominence of public service programmes and services | ||
Amendment of Part 8 of Principal Act | ||
Online safety | ||
Investigations and sanctions | ||
Amendment of Part 10 of Principal Act | ||
European works | ||
Amendment of Part 11 of Principal Act | ||
Dissolution and transitional provisions | ||
65. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Commission | ||
71. Termination or suspension of contract under section 51 of Principal Act | ||
Amendments to other enactments | ||
75. Repeal of certain provisions of Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 | ||
77. Amendment of Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 | ||
79. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Adoptive Leave Act 1995 (No. 2) | ||
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 | ||
Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15) | ||
Bail Act 1997 (No. 16) | ||
Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18) | ||
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19) | ||
Children Act 2001 (No. 24) | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Companies Act 1963 (No. 33) | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Competition Act 2002 (No. 14) | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) | ||
Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (No. 11) | ||
Criminal Justice Act 1993 (No. 6) | ||
Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26) | ||
Criminal Justice Act 2007 (No. 29) | ||
Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11) | ||
Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (No. 10) | ||
Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 (No. 11) | ||
Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (No. 27) | ||
Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (No. 7) | ||
Domestic Violence Act 2018 (No. 6) | ||
Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30) | ||
Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (No. 32) | ||
Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 (No. 33) | ||
International Protection Act 2015 (No. 66) | ||
Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (No. 40) | ||
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 | ||
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 | ||
Offences against the State Act 1939 (No. 13) | ||
Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35) | ||
Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2019 | ||
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11) | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c. 93) | ||
Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37) | ||
Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7 c. 45) | ||
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014 | ||
Referendum Act 1998 (No. 1) | ||
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014 | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | ||
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Number 41 of 2022 | ||
ONLINE SAFETY AND MEDIA REGULATION ACT 2022 | ||
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Coimisiún na Meán; to provide for the implementation of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 20101 as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 20182 ; for the purpose of fulfilling the State’s responsibilities under those Directives, or otherwise in the interests of the common good, to impose obligations on providers of broadcasting services and audiovisual on-demand media services, and to provide for the regulation of content available on relevant online services and harmful online content available on designated online services; to enable authorised officers of Coimisiún na Meán to carry out investigations for the purposes of ensuring compliance with obligations imposed on persons by or under this Act; to provide for sanctions to be imposed on persons for failure to comply with obligations imposed by or under this Act, including to enable Coimisiún na Meán to impose administrative financial sanctions on providers of broadcasting services, audiovisual on‑demand media services and designated online services for failure to comply with such obligations; to enable Coimisiún na Meán, for the purpose of meeting its expenses and its working capital requirements, to impose a levy on providers of broadcasting services, audiovisual on-demand media services and designated online services; to establish a register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services; to enable Coimisiún na Meán to impose a levy on providers of audiovisual media services for the purposes of funding a scheme to support the production of European works; to enable Coimisiún na Meán to prepare a scheme for the provision of funds to local sound broadcasters and community broadcasters for the support of good professional journalistic practices; to provide for the dissolution of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the transfer of its functions to Coimisiún na Meán; to otherwise amend and extend the Broadcasting Act 2009; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[10th December, 2022] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||