LegalizeEuropol (Amendment) Act 2006
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2 amending acts · 2013-02-01, effective-IE-2012-act-53@2013-02-01
Act to give the force of law to the Protocols of 30 November 2000, 28 November 2002 and 27 November 2003 to the Convention of 26 July 1995 on the establishment of a European Police Office, to amend for that purpose the Europol Act 1997 and to provide for related matters
AN ACT TO GIVE THE FORCE OF LAW TO THE PROTOCOLS OF 30 NOVEMBER 2000, 28 NOVEMBER 2002 AND 27 NOVEMBER 2003 TO THE CONVENTION OF 26 JULY 1995 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICE, TO AMEND FOR THAT PURPOSE THE EUROPOL ACT 1997 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[23rd December, 2006]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
1 Amendment of section 1 of Europol Act 1997.
1.— Section 1(1) (interpretation) of the Europol Act 1997 is amended—
- (a) by the deletion of “June, 1997.” in the definition of the 1997 Protocol and the substitution of “June, 1997;”, and
- (b) by the addition of the following definitions:
“ “the 2000 Protocol” means the Protocol drawn up on the basis of Article 43(1) of the Europol Convention amending Article 2 of and the Annex to that Convention, done at Brussels on the 30th day of November, 2000;
“ the 2002 Protocol” means the Protocol amending the Europol Convention and the 1997 Protocol, done at Brussels on the 28th day of November, 2002;
“ the 2003 Protocol” means the Protocol drawn up on the basis of Article 43(1) of the Europol Convention and amending that Convention, done at Brussels on the 27th day of November 2003.”.
2 Amendment of section 2 of Europol Act 1997.
2.— Section 2 (Convention and Protocols to have force of law) of the Europol Act 1997 is amended—
- (a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of “Convention, the 1996 Protocol and the 1997 Protocol” and the substitution of “Convention and the 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Protocols”,
- (b) in subsection (2)—
- (i) by the deletion of “and Sixth Schedules” and the substitution of “, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Schedules”,
- (ii) by the deletion of “and” in paragraph (e),
- (iii) by the deletion of “Protocol.” in paragraph “(f)” and the substitution of “Protocol,” and
- (iv) by the addition of the following paragraphs:
“(g) the text in the English language of the 2000 Protocol,
(h) the text in the English language of the 2002 Protocol,
(i) the text in the English language of the 2003 Protocol,
(j) the text in the Irish language of the 2000 Protocol,
(k) the text in the Irish language of the 2002 Protocol, and
(l) the text in the Irish language of the 2003 Protocol.”.
3 Amendment of section 6 of Europol Act 1997.
3.— Section 6 (application of Data Protection Act 1988) of the Europol Act 1997 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
- “(1) For the purposes of this Act and the Convention and the 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Protocols, the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 shall apply and have effect, with any necessary modifications, in relation to the collection, processing, keeping, use or disclosure of certain information relating to individuals that is processed automatically at Europol.”.
4 New Schedules in Europol Act 1997.
4.— The following Schedules are added to the Europol Act 1997:
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