Updated to 18 February 2026 (Act No. 1 of 2026 and S.I. No. 54 of 2026)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
No. 23 of 2003
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 8 July 2003 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functions transferred and references construed | S.I. No. 237 of 2025, arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a), 4-8, sch., part 1 | 1 June 2025 | S.I. No. 237 of 2025, art. 1(2) |
| References construed | 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 9(2),(3) | 1 June 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 |
| Trans. of cert. functns. under | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 29 July 2011 | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2) |
| S. 9(5) amended | 34/2024, ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 22 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 15(1) amended | 4/2023, ss. 1(3), 135(a) | 8 March 2023 | Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 97 of 2023), art. 2(a) |
| S. 17(3) amended | 4/2023, ss. 1(3), 135(a) | 8 March 2023 | Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 97 of 2023), art. 2(a) |
| S. 24(5) am. | 24/2010, ss. 1(2), 97 & schedule, pt. 1, item 35 | 1 January 2011 | Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 648 of 2010), art. 3 |
| S. 27 exclusion from saver from disclosure | 30/2014, ss. 1(2), (3), 41, sch. 3 | 14 October 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 30 trans. of cert. functns. under. | 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & sch. 2 pt. 1 | 6 July 2011 | Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 4 | Digital Hub Development Agency Act (Establishment Day) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 303 of 2003) |
| S. 21 | Digital Hub Development Agency Superannuation Scheme 2017. (S.I. No. 98 of 2017) |