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Contents

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

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-4	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(a)
S. 5	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(b)
S. 6(1)	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(c)
S. 6(2), (3)	16 December 2022	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 3 as amended by S.I. No. 137 of 2022
Ss. 7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(5) for the purposes of the application of those provisions to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(d)
Ss. 7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(5) except for the purposes of the application of those provisions to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
S. 7(4)	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
S. 8(1)	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(e)
S. 8(2), (3)	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
Ss. 9-12	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(f)
S. 13 for the purposes of the application of that section to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(g)
S. 13 except for the purposes of the application of that section to the disclosure of personal data under Part 5	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
Ss. 14-22	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
Ss. 23-32	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(h)
S. 33	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(i)
S. 34(1), (2)	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(i)
S. 34(3)	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
S. 35	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(i)
Ss. 36-70	7 July 2021	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 334 of 2021), art. 2
Ss. 71-75	18 April 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(j)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision	Affecting Provision Commencement Date	Commencement Source
S. 19(1)(d) references construed	Digital Services Act 2024 (2/2024), ss. 1(2), 47(7)(b)	17 February 2024	Digital Services Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 53 of 2024), art. 2
S. 19(1)(f) references construed	Digital Services Act 2024 (2/2024), ss. 1(2), 47(7)(c)	17 February 2024	Digital Services Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 53 of 2024), art. 2
S. 19(1)(r) references construed	Digital Services Act 2024 (2/2024), ss. 1(2), 47(7)(d)	17 February 2024	Digital Services Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 53 of 2024), art. 2
S. 19(1) applied with modifications	Broadcasting Act 2009 18/2009, s. 33(4)(a)-(d) as inserted by 41/2022, s. 8	15 March 2023	Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 71 of 2023), art. 2(a)
Sch., item 3 reference construed	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019). s. 8(2)	1 October 2020	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), art. 2(b)
Sch. item 15 functions vested in Ervia transferred and references construed	Gas (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (11/2024), ss. 1(2), 11	1 June 2024	Gas (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 208 of 2024), art. 4
Sch. para. 25A inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 31, schedule	1 January 2023	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(d)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 1(2)	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 137 of 2022)
S. 10(2)	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Exempted Body) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 337 of 2023)
S. 35(2)	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Allocation of Unique Business Identifier) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 489 of 2023)