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Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019
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# Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019
## PART 1 Preliminary and General
##### 1. **Short title and commencement**
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“database” has the same meaning as it has in the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000;
“Directive 2016/680” means Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA[^1];
“Directive 2016/680” means Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA^1;
“enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005;
“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC[^2];
“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC^2;
“information” includes data;
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(3) Regulations made under section 38(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018 shall not constitute an enactment under which specific provision is made permitting or requiring data-sharing for the purpose of *sections 13(1)*, *15(1)* or *34(1)*.
##### 7. ****Interaction with** Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005**
##### 7. **Interaction with Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005**
**7.** (1) Subject to *subsection (2)*, this Act, other than *Part 5* and *Chapter 3* of *Part 9*, does not affect the operation of the Act of 2005.
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## PART 4 Data-sharing Agreements
##### 15. **Application (*Part 4*)**
##### 15. **Application (Part 4)**
**15.** (1) Subject to *subsection (2)*, this Part applies to the disclosure of personal data by a public body to another public body where there is no other enactment or law of the European Union in operation under which specific provision is made permitting or requiring such data-sharing.
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## PART 5 Public service information
##### 23. **Definitions (*Part 5*)**
##### 23. **Definitions (Part 5)**
**23.** (1) In this Part—
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(3) In this Part a reference to an entitlement includes a reference to a past, present, future, actual or contingent entitlement.
##### 24. **Application (*Part 5*)**
##### 24. **Application (Part 5)**
**24.** (1) Subject to *subsection (2)*, this Part applies to—
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## PART 6 Business Information
##### 33. **Definitions (*Part 6*)**
##### 33. **Definitions (Part 6)**
**33.** (1) In this Part—
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(j) the net assets;
(k) in respect of the principal activity carried on by the undertaking, the NACE classification code, if any, as determined in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006[^3], as amended by Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008[^4] and Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 20125[^5];
(k) in respect of the principal activity carried on by the undertaking, the NACE classification code, if any, as determined in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006^3, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008^4 and Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 20125^5;
(l) in the case of a natural person, a partnership of natural persons or an unincorporated body of natural persons, the nationality of the person or persons, as the case may be;
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(h) facilitate the evaluation of a service, programme or policy delivered or implemented or being delivered or implemented, as the case may be, by a public body.
##### 34. **Application (*Part 6*)**
##### 34. **Application (Part 6)**
**34.** (1) This Part applies to the disclosure of business information by a public body to another public body where there is no other enactment or law of the European Union in operation under which specific provision is made permitting or requiring such data-sharing.
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## PART 8 Personal Data Access Portal
##### 43. **Application (*Part 8*)**
##### 43. **Application (Part 8)**
**43.** This Part applies to personal data (including special categories of personal data).
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## PART 9 Data Governance
### Chapter 1 *Data Governance Board*
### Chapter 1
##### 45. **Appointment of Board**
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(b) publish a copy of it on a publicly accessible website.
### Chapter 2 *Review of Data Sharing Agreements*
##### 53. **Definitions (*Chapter 2*)**
### Chapter 2
##### 53. **Definitions (Chapter 2)**
**53.** In this Chapter—
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“proposed party”, in relation to a proposed agreement, means a public body that is proposed to be a party thereto.
##### 54. **Exclusions (*Chapter 2*)**
##### 54. **Exclusions (Chapter 2)**
**54.** This Chapter shall not apply to an amendment to a data-sharing agreement for the purpose of—
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(2) The time period specified by the Board for the purposes of *section 55(1)(e)(iii)* shall not be less than 14 days.
### Chapter 3 *Governance*
##### 63. **Application (*Chapter 3*)**
### Chapter 3
##### 63. **Application (Chapter 3)**
**63.** This Chapter applies to—
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(b) an advanced electronic signature (within the meaning of that Act) generated using the qualified certificate referred to in paragraph (a);”.
##### 73. ****Amendment of** Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011**
##### 73. **Amendment of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011**
**73.** Section 17A of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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**74.** Schedule 5 to the Act of 2005 is amended by the insertion, in paragraph 1(4), of “the National Shared Services Office,” after “the National Council for Special Education”.
##### 75. ****Amendment of** National Shared Services Office Act 2017**
##### 75. **Amendment of National Shared Services Office Act 2017**
**75.** Section 6 of the National Shared Services Office Act 2017 is amended in subsection (1) by the substitution of “An Oifig Náisiúnta um Sheirbhísí Comhroinnte” for “Oifig Náisiúnta Seirbhísí Comhroinnte”.
## SCHEDULE Bodies to which definition of “public body” does not apply
*Section 10(5)*
1. Any body corporate established by Act of Parliament before 6 December 1922 that, upon its establishment, was of a commercial character.
2. An Post.
3. Bord na gCon.
4. Bord na Móna Plc.
5. Central Bank of Ireland.
6. Córas Iompair Éireann.
7. Coillte Cuideachta Ghníomhaíochta Ainmnithe.
8. Cólucht Groighe Náisiúnta na hÉireann Cuideachta Ghníomhaíochta Ainmnithe (The Irish National Stud Designated Activity Company).
9. Cork Airport Authority, public limited company.
10. daa, public limited company.
11. Drogheda Port Company.
12. Dublin Port Company.
13. EirGrid Plc.
14. Electricity Supply Board.
15. Ervia.
16. Galway Harbour Company.
17. Horse Racing Ireland.
18. Irish Aviation Authority.
19. New Ross Port Company.
20. Port of Cork Company.
21. Port of Waterford Company.
22. Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
23. Shannon Airport Authority, public limited company.
24. Shannon Foynes Port Company.
25. Teilifís na Gaeilge.
26. Voluntary Health Insurance Board.
27. A subsidiary of a body to which this Schedule relates, including a subsidiary of such a subsidiary.
2019-03-04
Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019
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