All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-4	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(a)
Ss. 5, 6	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(b)
S. 7(1)	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(b)
Ss. 7(2)-(6)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 8, 9	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(b)
S. 10(1)(a)	30 May 2017	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 236 of 2017), art. 2(a)
S. 10(1)(b)	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(c)
S. 10(2)	30 May 2017	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 236 of 2017), art. 2(a)
S. 10(3)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 10(4)	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(c)
S. 11(1)-(5)	31 March 2022	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 154 of 2022), art. 2
S. 11(6)(a) insofar as it relates to the purpose of the performance by the Minister of a function conferred on him or her by the Health Identifiers Act or any other enactment	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(d)
S. 11(6) insofar as it is not already in operation	30 May 2017	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 236 of 2017), art. 2(b)
S. 11(7)	31 March 2022	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 154 of 2022), art. 2
Ss. 12-20		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 21-23	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2 (e)
S. 24		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 25-27	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(e)
Ss. 28-34	13 July 2015	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 294 of 2015), art. 2(f)
Ss. 35-39		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Sch. 1	30 May 2017	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 236 of 2017), art. 2(c)
Sch. 2	30 May 2017	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 236 of 2017), art. 2(d)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 2(1) amended	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 225(a)
S. 3 references construed	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 12 references construed	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 14 references construed	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
Part 6 (s. 27) substituted	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 225(b)
S. 31 references construed	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 35(e) amended	Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 187

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 3(1)	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Health Service Providers) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 156 of 2022)
	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Health Services Provider) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 237 of 2017)
S. 3(8)(b)	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Other Identifying Particulars) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 155 of 2022)
S. 26	Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Delegation of Relevant Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 383 of 2015)