Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2025.

S.I. No. 537/2025 - Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2025 Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 14 th November, 2025. WHEREAS the Government on 9 July 2024 agreed to assist the Omagh Bombing Inquiry (being an inquiry under the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland entitled the Inquiries Act 2005 into whether the bombing in the town of Omagh, County Tyrone, on 15 August 1998, could have been prevented by United Kingdom state authorities); AND WHEREAS sections 2 (amended by section 3 of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 6 of 2003)) and 2A (inserted by section 4 of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003) of the Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25 of 1988) have been complied with; AND WHEREAS there are reasons of substantial public interest for the making of the following regulations; section 4 of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 ) of the Data Protection Act 1988 (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 242 of 2025 )), hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2025. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 10 November, 2025. JIM O’CALLAGHAN,