[25th April, 2018]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Interpretation
1. (1) In this Act—
“Agreement” means Agreement with Iceland and Norway;
“Agreement with Iceland and Norway” means the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland and Norway on the application of certain provisions of the Council Decision and the Implementing Council Decision and the Annex thereto, done at Stockholm on 26 November 2009 and at Brussels on 30 November 20093 ;
“authorised officer” means a person who is appointed under section 10 (1) to be an authorised officer for vehicle registration data for the purpose of this Act;
“automated search” means direct on-line access to the automated files of another body where the response to the search is fully automated;
“blocking”, in relation to personal data, means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
“Council Decision” means Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime;
“data controller” means a person who, either alone or with others, controls the contents and use of personal data;
“data protection authority”, in relation to a designated state, means the authority in that designated state that is designated by that designated state to be the independent data protection authority of that designated state for the purposes of a European Union instrument or the Agreement;
“data subject” means an individual who is the subject of personal data;
“designated state” means a Member State (other than the State), Iceland or Norway;
“European Union instrument or the Agreement” means the following European Union instruments or agreement, or provisions thereof, insofar as they concern cooperation in relation to—
(a) automated searching of vehicle registration data, and
(b) the exchange of such data,
by or between authorities which are responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences in the State and designated states under—
(i) the Council Decision and the Implementing Council Decision,
(ii) the Agreement,
or any of them, as the case may be;
“Implementing Council Decision” means Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime;
“individual case” means the investigation or prosecution of an offence or offences arising from a single event, incident or circumstances, but includes a case where a search for more than one vehicle or owner or operator of a vehicle is required;
“Minister” means Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport;
“national contact point” means, in relation to a European Union instrument or the Agreement—
(a) in the case of the State, the Minister, and
(b) in the case of a designated state, the authority or person designated by that state as its national contact point;
“National Vehicle and Driver File” means records established and maintained by the Minister under section 60 (as amended by section 86 of the Finance Act 1994 ) of the Finance Act 1993 ;
“personal data” means data relating to an individual who can be identified either from the data or from the data in conjunction with other information in the possession of a data controller;
“processing”, in relation to personal data, means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, sorting, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by supply, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment, combination, blocking, erasure or destruction of data and includes the sending or receiving of a receipt of a notification under section 3 (3) or 4 (2);
“registration number” means—
(a) in the case of a vehicle registered in the State under section 131 (as amended by section 102 of the Finance Act 2003 ) of the Finance Act 1992 , the identification number assigned to the vehicle under subsection (5) of that section, and
(b) in the case of a vehicle registered in a designated state, the identification number assigned to the vehicle by that state;
“vehicle registration data” means—
(a) data relating to owners and operators of vehicles, and
(b) data relating to vehicles,
being—
(i) in the case of the State, data held in the National Vehicle and Driver File, and
(ii) in the case of a designated state, data held on its national vehicle registration database by whatever name called and however it is organised;
“VIN”, in relation to a vehicle, means the vehicle identification number, that is to say, the fixed combination of characters assigned to a vehicle by the manufacturer, marked on the manufacturer’s plate and on the chassis, frame or other similar structure of the vehicle.

(2) A word or expression that is used in this Act and also in a European Union instrument or the Agreement has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Act as it has in the European Union instrument or the Agreement.

National contact point in State - vehicle registration data
2. The Minister is designated as the national contact point in relation to vehicle registration data for the purposes of this Act and shall perform in the State the functions of the national contact point provided for in a European Union instrument or the Agreement insofar as they concern cooperation in relation to automated searching of vehicle registration data and the exchange of such data.

Automated searching of vehicle registration data held in National Vehicle and Driver File
3. (1) For the purpose of the prevention and the investigation of criminal offences in a designated state and in dealing with other offences coming within the jurisdiction of the courts or the public prosecution service of a searching designated state, as well as in maintaining public security, the national contact point in the State shall allow the national contact point of a designated state access to the National Vehicle and Driver File with power to conduct automated searches in an individual case in respect of vehicle registration data held in that File.
(2) Automated searches of vehicle registration data held in the National Vehicle and Driver File under this section may be conducted only through the use of the full VIN or full registration number of a vehicle.
(3) The national contact point in the State shall ensure that, following a search by the national contact point of a designated state, a reply is sent to that national contact point, in an automated manner, comprising—
(a) where data are found—
(i) a notification of the data, and
(ii) notification that the data may be used only for the purposes for which the data have been supplied or for the purpose of logging and recording the supply of data for the purposes of the Council Decision,
or
(b) where data are not found, a notification to that effect.
(4) In conducting an automated search under this section of data in the National Vehicle and Driver File, data supplied by the national contact point of a designated state in accordance with Article 12 of the Council Decision may be used by an authorised officer administering the file solely where this is necessary for the purpose of providing automated replies to search procedures and recording under section 6 .
(5) Subject to section 6 , the data supplied by the national contact point of a designated state referred to in subsection (4), shall be deleted immediately following automated replies to searches.

Automated searching of vehicle registration data held by designated states
4. (1) For the purpose of the prevention and investigation of criminal offences in the State, the national contact point in the State may make a request to the national contact point of a designated state for access to vehicle registration data held by that designated state in order to conduct automated searches in an individual case in respect of vehicle registration data held on the database of that designated state.
(2) The automated reply from the national contact point of the designated state concerned shall be received by the national contact point in the State.
(3) Searches in accordance with this section may be conducted only through the use of a vehicle’s full VIN or full registration number.
(4) The national contact point in the State may process any personal data received by it under this section, under a European Union instrument or the Agreement, from the contact point of a designated state solely for the purposes for which the data have been supplied, unless that other national contact point authorises processing for other purposes.
(5) Personal data received by the national contact point in the State under this section from the national contact point of a designated state may be supplied by the national contact point in the State, with the prior authorisation of the national contact point of that other state to—
(a) the courts,
(b) the Garda Síochána,
(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions, or
(d) other persons whom the national contact point in the State considers appropriate,
where required for the purposes of the prevention and investigation of criminal offences.

Correction of inaccurate data and deletion of incorrectly supplied data
5. (1) Whenever, whether on notification from a data subject or otherwise, it comes to the attention of the national contact point in the State that data supplied under this Act are either incorrect or should not have been supplied, the national contact point shall, as soon as practicable, inform the national contact point of the designated state concerned that received the data of that fact and request that national contact point to correct or delete, as may be appropriate, the data concerned.
(2) If the national contact point in the State receives data from the national contact point of a designated state without requesting them, the national contact point shall immediately check whether the data are necessary for the purpose for which they were supplied by the national contact point of the designated state concerned.
(3) Whenever, whether on notification from a data subject or otherwise, it comes to the attention of the national contact point in the State, that data received by the national contact point under section 3 or 4 are either incorrect or should not have been supplied, the national contact point in the State shall, after consultation with the national contact point of the designated state that supplied the data, correct or delete, as may be appropriate, the data concerned.
(4) Subject to subsection (8), a national contact point shall delete data received pursuant to this Act when they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were supplied and, in any event, shall do so not later than the expiration of the maximum period (if any) prescribed by the law of the designated state concerned and specified by the national contact point of that designated state at the time the data were supplied.
(5) If a data subject contests the accuracy of data supplied or received and the accuracy of those data cannot be ascertained, the national contact point in the State shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, inform the data subject accordingly.
(6) If, following a notification to a data subject under subsection (5), the data subject so requests, the national contact point in the State shall note on those data that the accuracy of them cannot be ascertained, and such a note may be removed only if—
(a) the data subject consents to its removal, or
(b) the Data Protection Commissioner, on application made to the Commissioner in that behalf, is satisfied that the note may be removed.
(7) Personal data supplied to the national contact point in the State by the national contact point of a designated state which should not have been supplied shall be deleted by the national contact point in the State.
(8) Where the national contact point in the State has grounds for believing that the deletion of data in accordance with subsection (4) would prejudice the interests of the data subject, the national contact point shall instead block the data.
(9) Data blocked in accordance with subsection (8) may be supplied or otherwise further processed only for purposes relating to the interests of the data subject concerned.

Recording of automated supply of personal data
6. (1) The national contact point in the State shall, in relation to requests for supply of personal data under section 3 or 4 , whether or not data are supplied, record such requests and, where appropriate, the supply and receipt of such data.
(2) The recording in accordance with subsection (1) of the supply and receipt of personal data shall be in a permanent legible form or be capable of being converted into a permanent legible form and shall include the following information in relation to the data:
(a) a description of the data supplied or received;
(b) the date and time of the supply or receipt of the data;
(c) the name or reference code of the national contact point of the designated state concerned;
(d) the reason for the search for the data supplied or received;
(e) the identifier of the authorised officer who carried out the search and that of the authorised officer who approved the search or request.
(3) Records created under this section may be used only for the purposes of monitoring data protection and ensuring data security.
(4) The national contact point in the State shall—
(a) retain records created under this section for a period of 2 years from the date of their creation, and
(b) immediately after that period, delete those records.
(5) Whenever requested to do so by the Data Protection Commissioner, the national contact point in the State shall furnish to the Data Protection Commissioner records created under this section as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 4 weeks, after the receipt of a request to do so.
(6) The national contact point in the State shall—
(a) using the records created under this section, carry out random checks on the lawfulness of the supply and receipt by it of data,
(b) keep the results of those random checks for a period of 18 months from the time they were carried out for the purposes of inspection by the Data Protection Commissioner, and
(c) immediately after that period, delete those results.
Data Protection Commissioner’s functions
7. (1) The Commissioner shall be the competent data protection authority in the State for the purposes of a European Union instrument or the Agreement.
(2) The lawfulness of the processing of personal data supplied or received under this Act shall be monitored by the Commissioner.
(3) The performance by the Commissioner of his or her function under subsection (2) shall include the carrying out of random checks on the processing of personal data referred to in that subsection.
(4) When requested to do so by a data subject, the Commissioner shall examine the lawfulness of the processing of personal data in respect of him or her.
(5) The results of any check under subsection (3) or examination under subsection (4) shall be kept by the Data Protection Commissioner for a period of 18 months and shall be deleted upon the expiring of that period.
(6) The Commissioner may exchange relevant information with the data protection authority of a designated state where necessary in order for the Commissioner or the data protection authority of that designated state to perform their functions in relation to a European Union instrument or the Agreement.
(7) The Commissioner may request the data protection authority of a designated state to perform its functions under the law of that designated state with regard to checking the lawfulness of the processing of personal data supplied by the State to that designated state under a European Union instrument or the Agreement.
(8) The Commissioner may receive information from the data protection authority of a designated state arising from the performance by it of the functions referred to in subsection (7) with regard to the processing of the personal data concerned.
(9) The Commissioner shall, at the request of the data protection authority of a designated state, perform his or her functions under subsection (1) and he or she shall furnish information to that authority with regard to the processing of the personal data the subject of the request.
(10) In this section “Commissioner” means Data Protection Commissioner.

Application of Data Protection Act 1988
8. The Data Protection Act 1988 , shall apply to the processing of personal data supplied or received under this Act and, for the purposes of the application of the Data Protection Act 1988 , references in it to that Act or the provisions of that Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including references to this Act or the provisions of this Act.

Duties of data controllers
9. (1) A data controller—
(a) shall, in relation to the processing of personal data supplied or received under this Act, comply with the technical specifications of an automated search under a European Union instrument or the Agreement, and
(b) shall ensure that the measures provide a level of security appropriate to—
(i) the harm that might result from unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss of, or damage to, or accidental alteration of, the data concerned, and
(ii) the nature of the data concerned.
(2) A data controller shall not use the inaccuracy of personal data received by him or her from a body in a designated state under a European Union instrument or the Agreement as a ground to avoid or reduce his or her liability to the data subject concerned as regards the duty of care owed to the data subject in relation to the collection by him or her of personal data or information intended for inclusion in such data or his or her dealing with such data.
(3) Where the Minister pays damages to a data subject where damage is caused to the data subject by reason of inaccurate data received by the national contact point in the State in relation to vehicle registration data from a body in a designated state under this Act, the Minster may seek a refund of the amount that he or she paid in damages to the data subject concerned from the body in the designated state concerned.
(4) Where a body in a designated state applies to the national contact point in the State in relation to vehicle registration data for a refund of damages paid by it, or on its behalf, on foot of a decision or finding of a court or other tribunal or the data protection authority of that designated state for damage caused to the data subject by reason of inaccurate data sent by the national contact point to that body under this Act, the Minister shall refund to the body in the designated state concerned the amount paid in damages by it, or on its behalf, to the data subject concerned.

Authorised officers
10. (1) The national contact point in the State may appoint in writing—
(a) a member of the Garda Síochána specified by rank or name, or
(b) an officer of the Minister specified by grade or name,
to be an authorised officer for vehicle registration data for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An appointment to be an authorised officer may be revoked in writing by the national contact point in the State.
(3) The national contact point in the State shall make available upon request a list of the names of authorised officers to the Data Protection Commissioner or to the national contact point of a designated state or the data protection authority of a designated state.
(4) Only an authorised officer may conduct automated searches of vehicle registration data for the purposes of this Act and Article 12 of the Council Decision.

Short title and commencement
11. (1) This Act may be cited as the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

1 OJ No. L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1
2 OJ No. L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12
3 OJ No. L 353, 31.12.2009, p. 3


Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Removal of disqualification on grounds of sex.                                                        1. A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation, or for admission to any incorporated society (whether incorporated by Royal Charter or otherwise), and a person shall not be exempted by sex or marriage from the liability to serve as a juror:
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 90.
Provided that—
(a) notwithstanding anything in this section, His Majesty may by Order in Council authorise regulations to be made providing for and prescribing the mode of the admission of women to the civil service of His Majesty, and the conditions on which women admitted to that service may be appointed to or continue to hold posts therein, and giving power to reserve to men any branch of or posts in the civil service in any of His Majesty’s possessions overseas, or in any foreign country; and
(b) any judge, chairman of quarter sessions, recorder or other person before whom a case is or may be heard may, in his discretion, on an application made by or on behalf of the parties (including in criminal cases the prosecution and the accused) or any of them, or at his own instance, make an order that the jury shall be composed of men only or of women only as the case may require, or may, on an application made by a woman to be exempted from service on a jury in respect of any case by reason of the nature of the evidence to be given or of the issues to be tried, grant such exemption.

Rules of court may be made—
(a) prescribing the manner in which jurors are to be summoned and to be selected from the panel; and
(b) exempting from attendance as jurors any women who are for medical reasons unfit to attend; and
(c) as to the procedure to be adopted on any application under this section relating to service on juries.

Rules so made may require or authorise an application under this section, or any order thereon, to be made in interlocutory proceedings, and shall have full effect notwithstanding any existing rule of law or practice to the contrary.

As respects any criminal court in England, the expression “rules of court” means rules made by the Rule Committee established under the Indictments Act, 1915.

Any Order in Council made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament forthwith, and, if an Address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat next after the Order is laid before it, praying that the Order or any part thereof may be annulled, His Majesty in Council may annul the Order, or that part thereof, and it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Provision as to women who have qualified for degrees at universities not admitting women to degrees.  2. A woman shall be entitled to be admitted and enrolled as a solicitor after serving under articles for three years only if either she has taken such a university degree as would have so entitled her had she been a man, or if she has been admitted to and passed the final examination and kept, under the conditions required of women by the university, the period of residence necessary for a man to obtain a degree at any university which did not at the time the examination was passed admit women to degrees.

Power to universities to admit women to membership, &c.                                               3. Nothing in the statutes or charter of any university shall be deemed to preclude the authorities of such university from making such provision as they shall think fit for the admission of women to membership thereof, or to any degree, right, or privilege therein or in connection therewith
Short title and repeal.                                                                               4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919.

(2) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule, and any other enactment, Order in Council, Royal Charter, or provision, so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall cease to have effect, and any enactment relating to juries shall have effect so as to accord with the provisions of this Act.

SCHEDULE.
Section 4 .
Enactments Repealed.
Session and Chapter.  Act.                                                                         Extent of Repeal.

33 & 34 Vict.         The Juries Act, 1870 -                                                       In section five the definition of jurors.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 65.  The Juries Act (Ireland), 1871                                               In section three the definition of “juror.”

56 & 57 Vict. c. 73.  The Local Government Act, 1894.                                              In section twenty-two the words “a woman or.”

57 & 58 Vict. c. 58.  The Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1894.                                   In section forty the words “a woman or.”

61 & 62 Vict. c. 37.  The Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.                                    In section twenty-six the words “a woman or.”

7 Edw. 7. c. 33.      The Qualification of Women (County and Borough Councils) Act, 1907.          The proviso to subsection (1) of section one.

7 Edw. 7. c. 48.      The Qualification of Women (County and Town Councils) (Scotland) Act, 1907.  From the word “Scotland” in section 1 (1) to the end of subsection.

1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 35.  The Local Authorities (Ireland) (Qualification of Women) Act, 1911.          The proviso to subsection (1) of section one.

4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 21.  The County and Borough Councils (Qualification) Act, 1914.                   The proviso to subsection (1) of section one.

4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 39.  The County, Town and Parish Councils (Qualification) (Scotland) Act, 1914.   The proviso to subsection (1) of section one.


[27 th July, 2016]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definition
1. In this Act “Principal Act” means the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 .

Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act
2. Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1) —
(a) by the insertion of the following definition:
“‘registered midwife’ means a midwife whose name is entered in the midwives division of the register of nurses and midwives under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 ;”,
(b) by the substitution of the following for the definition of “registered nurse”:
“‘registered nurse’ means a nurse whose name is entered in the nurses division of the register of nurses and midwives under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 ;”,
and
(c) by the substitution of the following for the definition of “practitioner”:
“‘practitioner’ means a registered medical practitioner, a registered dentist, a registered veterinary surgeon, a registered nurse and a registered midwife;”.

Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act
3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (f):
“(f) subject to subsection (1A), regulating the issue of prescriptions for controlled drugs and the supply of controlled drugs on prescription by—
(i) registered medical practitioners, registered dentists or registered veterinary surgeons,
(ii) relevant nurses, or
(iii) relevant midwives,”,
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1A):
“(1A) The Minister shall not make regulations under subsection (1)(f)(ii) or (iii) unless the Minister, having had regard to the nature and purpose of the controlled drug (including any deleterious effects which may arise from the misuse thereof), is satisfied that it is reasonably safe to permit the issue of prescriptions for that controlled drug by relevant nurses or relevant midwives.”,
(c) in subsection (2)(a), by the substitution of “(other than a relevant nurse or a relevant midwife)” for “(other than a registered nurse)”,
(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):
“(3) Subject to section 13, the Minister may make regulations under this section so as to secure that it is not unlawful under this Act for a practitioner who is a relevant nurse or a relevant midwife, for the purpose of the practitioner’s profession as a relevant nurse or a relevant midwife, to prescribe, administer or supply a controlled drug if the Minister, after having had regard to the nature and purpose of the controlled drug (including any deleterious effects which may arise from the misuse thereof), is satisfied that it is reasonably safe to permit the practitioner, for the purpose of the practitioner’s profession as a relevant nurse or a relevant midwife, to prescribe, administer or supply that controlled drug.”,
and
(e) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
“(4) In this section—
‘relevant midwife’ means a registered midwife or a class of registered midwives;
‘relevant nurse’ means a registered nurse or a class of registered nurses.”.

Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act
4. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)(b), by the substitution of “issued by the Health Products Regulatory Authority” for “issued by the Minister”.

Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act
5. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (6), by the substitution of “issued under section 14 by the Health Products Regulatory Authority” for “issued by the Minister”.

Amendment of Schedule to Principal Act
6. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—
(a) in paragraph 1A, by the substitution of the text set out in Part 1 of the Schedule for subparagraph (a) of that paragraph, and
(b) in paragraph 1B, by the substitution of the text set out in Part 2 of the Schedule for subparagraph (a) of that paragraph.

Revocation of certain statutory instruments
7. The following are revoked:
(a) the Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1979 );
(b) the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1982 ( S.I. No. 321 of 1982 );
(c) the Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) Order 1988 ( S.I. No. 326 of 1988 );
(d) the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988 ( S.I. No. 328 of 1988 );
(e) the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 1998 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1998 );
(f) the Misuse of Drugs (Supervision of Prescription and Supply of Methadone) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1998 ).

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
8. (1) This Act may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016.
(2) The Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2015 and this Act may be cited together as the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016 and shall be construed together as one Act.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions.

SCHEDULE
Section 6
Part 1
Amendment of Paragraph 1A of Schedule to Misuse of Drugs Act 1977
“(a) N-(Adamantan-1-yl)-1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide
Alfentanil
(3-Amino-2,2-dimethylpropyl)-4-aminobenzoate
5-(2-Aminopropyl) indole
1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-pentanone
N-(1-Benzyl-4-piperidyl) propionanilide
2-(4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl) methyl]ethanamine
1-(4-Bromofuro[2,3-f][1]benzofuran-8-yl)propan-2-amine
Carfentanil
Cathinone
2-(4-Chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl) methyl]ethanamine
1-Cyclohexyl-4-(1,2-diphenylethyl) piperazine
3,4-Dichloro-N-[[1-(dimethylamino) cyclohexyl]methyl]benzamide
Dihydroetorphine
[2,3-Dihydro-5-methyl-3-(4-morpholinylmethyl) pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-1-naphthalenylmethanone
Dimethocaine
3-Dimethylheptyl-11-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol
Eticyclidine
Etryptamine
1-(2-Fluorophenyl)-2-methylaminopropan-1-one
1-(3-Fluorophenyl)-2-methylaminopropan-1-one
1-(4-Fluorophenyl)-2-methylaminopropan-1-one
9-(Hydroxymethyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)-6a,7,10,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol
[9-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3-[5-phenylpentan-2-yl]oxy-5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,10a-octahydrophenanthridin-1-yl] acetate
N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine
2-(4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl) methyl]ethanamine
Khat (being the leaves of Catha edulis (Celastraceae))
Lisdexamphetamine
Lofentanil
Methcathinone
2-(3-Methoxyphenyl)-2-(ethylamino) cyclohexanone
1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino) propan-1-one
Methyl (2S,4aR,6aR,7R,10aS,10bR)-9-acetyloxy-2-(furan-3-yl)-6a,10b-dimethyl-4,10-dioxo-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10a-octahydro-1H-benzo[f]isochromene-7-carboxylate and any product, whether natural or otherwise, including any plant or plant material of any kind or description, which contains any proportion of the said substance
2-Methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) butan-1-one
2-Methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) propan-1-one
4-Methyl-aminorex
(8-Methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl)-4-fluorobenzoate
Methyl 2-[[1-(cyclohexylmethyl) indole-3-carbonyl]amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoate
Methyl (E)-2-[(2S,3S,7aS,12bS)-3-ethyl-7a-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2,3,4,6,7,12b-hexahydro-1H-indolo[2,3-a]quinolizin-2-yl]-3-methoxyprop-2-enoate and any product, whether natural or otherwise, including any plant or plant material of any kind or description, which contains any proportion of the said substance
Methyl (E)-2-[(2S,3S,12bS)-3-ethyl-8-methoxy-1,2,3,4,6,7,12,12b- octahydroindolo[2,3- a]quinolizin-2-yl]-3-methoxyprop-2-enoate and any product, whether natural or otherwise, including any plant or plant material of any kind or description, which contains any proportion of the said substance
4-methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-amine
α-Methyl-4-(methylthio) phenethylamine
1-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-methylaminopropan-1-one
Nabilone
Oripavine
Phencyclidine
1-Phenylcyclohexylamine
4-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl) morpholine
1-Piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile
Quinolin-8-yl 1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylate
Remifentanil
Rolicyclidine
Sufentanil
Tapentadol
Tenocyclidine
N-[1-(2-Thenyl)-4-piperidyl]propionanilide
4-[1-(2-Thienyl) cyclohexyl]morpholine
1-[1-(2-Thienyl) cyclohexyl]pyrrolidine
Tilidine.”.
Part 2
Amendment of Paragraph 1B of Schedule to Misuse of Drugs Act 1977
“(a) Alprazolam
Amineptine
Aminorex
Amphetaminil
2-Benzhydrylpiperidine
Bromazepam
Brotizolam
Buprenorphine
Butan-1,4-diol
Butorphanol
Camazepam
Cathine
Chlordiazepoxide
Clobazam
Clonazepam
Clorazepic acid
Clotiazepam
Cloxazolam
Delorazepam
Dextropropoxyphene
Diazepam
Diethylpropion
Dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one
Estazolam
Ethchlorvnol
Ethinamate
N-Ethylamphetamine
Ethyl loflazepate
Fencamfamin
Fenethylline
Fenproporex
Fludiazepam
Flunitrazepam
Flurazepam
Glutethimide
Halazepam
Haloxazolam
4-Hydroxybutanoic acid
Ketamine
Ketazolam
Lefetamine
Loprazolam
Lorazepam
Lormetazepam
Mazindol
Mecloqualone
Medazepam
Mefenorex
Meprobamate
Mesocarb
Methyprylone
Midazolam
Nalbuphine
Nimetazepam
Nitrazepam
Nordazepam
Oxazepam
Oxazolam
Pemoline
Pentazocine
Phenazepam
Phentermine
Pinazepam
Prazepam
Propylhexedrine
Pyrovalerone
Selegiline
Temazepam
Tetrazepam
Triazolam
Zaleplon
Zipeprol
Zolpidem
Zopiclone.”.


[25th May, 2021]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definitions
1. In this Act—
“Act of 1998” means the Education Act 1998 ;
“accredited grade” has the meaning given to it by section 2 ;
“board of management”, in relation to a recognised school, means a board of management established under section 14 of the Act of 1998;
“candidate” has the same meaning as in Part VIII of the Act of 1998;
“centre for education” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1998;
“Commission” means the State Examinations Commission established under the State Examinations Commission (Establishment) Order 2003 ( S.I. No. 373 of 2003 );
“estimated mark” has the meaning given to it by section 2 ;
“Junior Certificate Examination” means the examination of that name referred to in Schedule 2 to the Act of 1998;
“Leaving Certificate 2021” means the award to be made to a candidate in respect of—
(a) either or both of the following:
(i) the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021;
(ii) accredited grades,
or
(b) accredited grades, where the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021 does not take place;
“Leaving Certificate Examination” means the examination of that name referred to in Schedule 2 to the Act of 1998;
“Minister” means the Minister for Education;
“patron” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1998;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under section 7 ;
“principal” means—
(a) a Principal within the meaning of the Act of 1998, or
(b) a person (other than a Principal referred to in paragraph (a)) who has responsibility for the day to day management and direction of teachers or tutors, as the case may be;
“process of standardisation” has the meaning given to it by section 2 ;
“recognised school” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1998;
“registered teacher” has the same meaning as in the Teaching Council Act 2001 ;
“subject” means a subject comprised in the Leaving Certificate Examination (including the subjects specified in the Schedule );
“system of accredited grades” shall be construed in accordance with section 2 ;
“teacher” means a person who—
(a) is a registered teacher, or
(b) is employed in the place of a registered teacher in a recognised school pursuant to section 24 of the Act of 1998;
“tutor” means a person who is not a teacher but who—
(a) is teaching in a centre for education,
(b) is teaching in a place where the Leaving Certificate Examination is due to take place in 2021,
(c) is providing an estimated mark for a subject specified in the Schedule , or
(d) is designated as a tutor by the Minister by order made under section 8 .

System of accredited grades
2. (1) Without prejudice to section 50(2) of the Act of 1998 and the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021, the Minister, having consulted with, and having regard to the advice of, the Commission, may determine that a system of accredited grades may be used for the purposes of the Leaving Certificate 2021.
(2) A determination under subsection (1) may provide that the system of accredited grades includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) a process of estimation by teachers and tutors of what a candidate is, or would be, expected to achieve, for a subject, in the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021 (whether or not such examination takes place), by which process a mark, expressed as a percentage, is provided for such subject (in this Act referred to as an “estimated mark”);
(b) reliance on the exercise of professional judgement by teachers and tutors for the purposes of the process of estimation referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the application of processes, with oversight by the principal, which shall seek to ensure that, within each individual recognised school, centre for education or other place where the Leaving Certificate Examination is due to take place in 2021, teachers or tutors, as the case may be, are applying appropriate and consistent standards when providing estimated marks for a particular subject;
(d) in accordance with such policy directions as the Minister may give from time to time, a process of adjustment, based on statistical analysis, to be applied to estimated marks (in this Act referred to as a “process of standardisation”) which shall—
(i) be carried out at national level, by or on behalf of the Commission,
(ii) take account of such data, including but not limited to data relating to the Junior Certificate Examinations and Leaving Certificate Examinations in preceding years, as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate, and
(iii) have as its objective that accredited grades awarded to candidates are of a standard of achievement that is consistent when compared as between all recognised schools, centres for education and other places where the Leaving Certificate Examination is due to take place in 2021 (taken as a whole);
(e) following the completion of the process of standardisation, the generation of the mark, expressed as a percentage, achieved by a candidate for a subject, which determines the award to be made to the candidate for such subject (in this Act referred to as an “accredited grade”);
(f) where a candidate has chosen, in respect of any subject, to receive an accredited grade and to participate in the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021 and has sat the examination in that subject, the award to the candidate of the result achieved, whether the accredited grade or the result of that examination, whichever is more advantageous to that candidate;
(g) provision for the following appeals to the Commission:
(i) where no estimated mark is provided for a subject as referred to in subsection (3);
(ii) in respect of an accredited grade as referred to in subsection (4);
(iii) where the Commission decides to withhold all or any accredited grades under section 4 or 5 , as the case may be.
(3) A candidate may, in accordance with such procedures as may be determined by the Commission in the performance of its functions under section 6 , appeal to the Commission where no estimated mark is provided, in respect of such candidate, for a subject.
(4) (a) A candidate may seek a review in respect of an accredited grade by way of appeal to the Commission, in accordance with such procedures as may be determined by the Commission in the performance of its functions under section 6 .
(b) A review referred to in paragraph (a) shall be limited to establishing whether any error has occurred in respect of the transmission to, or receipt by, the Commission of the estimated mark for the subject concerned.

Indemnity for certain persons
3. (1) Without prejudice to any other enactment which provides for indemnification, a teacher, tutor, principal, board of management, education and training board, patron or any other person who performs a function in relation to the provision of estimated marks (in this section referred to as a “relevant person”) shall, in the manner and to the extent and subject to the terms and conditions that the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, may from time to time determine, be indemnified by the State against all actions or claims, however they arise, in respect of the performance by such relevant person of such function, where the Minister is satisfied that the relevant person has performed the function in good faith.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), terms and conditions referred to in that subsection may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) the exclusion of any unnecessary or unreasonable legal expenses incurred by the relevant person to be indemnified;
(b) the exclusion of any damage arising from such relevant person not acting bona fide in the performance of the relevant person’s functions or acting with gross negligence or gross neglect of that relevant person’s functions;
(c) the imposition of requirements as to the notification, including the timing of such notification, and to whom such notification is to be made, by such relevant person of any claim made against that person;
(d) the provision by such relevant person of all relevant documents in that person’s power, possession or procurement;
(e) a requirement that such relevant person shall cooperate with any reasonable request considered necessary for the purposes of the proper conduct of the proceedings on behalf of the State;
(f) that the Chief State Solicitor shall act on behalf of such relevant person or may nominate any other person to so act;
(g) the determination of the Chief State Solicitor regarding the conduct of the proceedings concerned.

Prohibition on certain communications
4. (1) A person (in this section referred to as the “first-mentioned person”) shall not communicate with a teacher, tutor or principal or any other person who performs a function in relation to the provision of any estimated mark (in this section referred to as a “relevant person”), either for the first-mentioned person’s benefit or for the benefit of another person, for the purpose of improperly influencing the consideration by a relevant person of any matter which falls to be considered or decided by such relevant person in the performance of such function.
(2) If a relevant person is of the opinion that a person has communicated with him or her in contravention of subsection (1), the relevant person shall not entertain the communication further and shall immediately inform the following, in writing, of the substance of the communication:
(a) where the relevant person is a teacher or tutor, the principal;
(b) where the relevant person is a principal or any other person (other than a teacher or tutor), the Commission.
(3) The principal or the Commission, as the case may be, shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of any information under subsection (2).
(4) The principal shall immediately notify the Commission in writing of any information received under subsection (2).
(5) (a) Where a communication is made in contravention of subsection (1), the Commission may, in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed, carry out a review.
(b) The Commission may, following a review referred to in paragraph (a), withhold all or any of the accredited grades comprised in the Leaving Certificate 2021 in respect of any candidate by whom, or for whose benefit, the communication concerned was made.
(6) Where the Commission decides to withhold all or any of the accredited grades as provided for by subsection (5), the candidate may appeal against such decision in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed.
(7) The power to withhold all or any accredited grades under this section is without prejudice to any other power, rights or remedies available to a person relating to the withholding of results for any reason relating to the Leaving Certificate Examination.

Provision of false information
5. (1) (a) Where, in relation to the provision of any estimated mark, a person gives false or misleading information, the Commission may, in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed, carry out a review.
(b) The Commission may, following a review referred to in paragraph (a), withhold all or any of the accredited grades comprised in the Leaving Certificate 2021 in respect of any candidate by, or in respect of whom, false or misleading information was provided.
(2) Where the Commission decides to withhold all or any of the accredited grades as provided for by subsection (1), the candidate may appeal against such decision in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed.
(3) The power to withhold all or any accredited grades under this section is without prejudice to any other power, rights or remedies available to a person relating to the withholding of results for any reason relating to the Leaving Certificate Examination.

Functions conferred on Commission relating to system of accredited grades
6. (1) Notwithstanding section 54(1) of the Act of 1998 and the State Examinations Commission (Establishment) Order 2003 ( S.I. No. 373 of 2003 ), the Commission shall, subject to subsection (5), have the following functions in relation to the system of accredited grades:
(a) to receive, in accordance with such procedures as it may determine, in respect of each candidate concerned, an estimated mark for each subject concerned;
(b) to apply a process of standardisation to the estimated marks so received;
(c) following the completion of the process of standardisation, to determine an accredited grade in respect of each subject for which an estimated mark has been received;
(d) to issue the results comprised in the Leaving Certificate 2021 to each candidate;
(e) where a candidate has chosen, in respect of any subject, to receive an accredited grade and to participate in the Leaving Certificate Examination that is due to take place in 2021 and has sat the examination in that subject, to award to the candidate the accredited grade or the result achieved in that examination, whichever is more advantageous to that candidate;
(f) to provide to each candidate, on such date or dates as the Commission shall determine, for each subject concerned—
(i) the estimated mark received by the Commission in respect of such candidate, and
(ii) the mark, expressed as a percentage, generated following the completion of the process of standardisation;
(g) to consider appeals referred to in section 2 (3), in accordance with such procedures as it may determine under paragraph (m);
(h) to consider appeals referred to in section 2 (4), in accordance with such procedures as it may determine under paragraph (n);
(i) to receive information in relation to communications as provided for by section 4 ;
(j) to withhold from a candidate, under section 4 or 5 , as the case may be, in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed, all or any of the accredited grades comprised in the Leaving Certificate 2021;
(k) to implement a system of appeals against a determination to withhold all or any of the accredited grades as referred to in paragraph (j), in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed;
(l) to appoint a panel of suitable persons to consider appeals referred to in paragraph (m)(viii) or (n)(vii) (in this section referred to as “appeals officers”), on such terms and conditions as the Commission may determine, which may include, but are not limited to, the period for which they may be appointed, the payment of fees and expenses (with the consent of the Minister and the Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform), resignation and removal for stated reasons;
(m) to determine the procedure for an appeal referred to in section 2 (3), which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(i) the period within which an appeal shall be made;
(ii) the form and manner in which an appeal shall be made;
(iii) the information to be provided by a candidate for the purposes of the appeal, including the reasons for the appeal;
(iv) the form and manner in which the Commission shall carry out a review of the decision not to provide an estimated mark for a subject and the processes and procedures followed in making that decision;
(v) the period within which the Commission shall determine the review;
(vi) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate shall be notified of the determination referred to in subparagraph (v), including where the decision not to provide an estimated mark is upheld, the reasons for that determination;
(vii) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate may appeal against the determination of the Commission referred to in subparagraph (v);
(viii) the appointment of appeals officers;
(ix) the conduct of appeals;
(x) the provision to the appeals officers of such access to information, records and documentation held by the Commission as may reasonably be required by the appeals officers for the purposes of an appeal;
(xi) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate shall be notified of the determination of the appeals officers, including where the determination of the Commission is upheld, the reasons for that determination;
(n) to determine the procedure for an appeal referred to in section 2 (4), which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(i) the period within which an appeal shall be made;
(ii) the form and manner in which an appeal shall be made;
(iii) the form and manner in which the Commission shall carry out a review referred to in section 2 (4);
(iv) the period within which the Commission shall determine the review;
(v) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate shall be notified of the determination referred to in subparagraph (iv);
(vi) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate may appeal against the determination of the Commission referred to in subparagraph (iv);
(vii) the appointment of an appeals officer;
(viii) the conduct of appeals;
(ix) the provision to the appeals officer of such access to information, records and documentation held by the Commission as may reasonably be required by the appeals officer for the purposes of an appeal;
(x) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, a candidate shall be notified of the determination of the appeals officer, including where the determination of the Commission is upheld, the reasons for that determination.
(2) The Commission may by notice, in writing, request from a teacher, tutor, principal or any other person who performs a function relating to the provision of estimated marks to provide the Commission, in such form and manner, and within such period, as may be provided for in such notice, such information, records and other documentation held by such teacher, tutor, principal or person, as the case may be, as the Commission may reasonably require for the purposes of an appeal referred to in section 2 (3) or (4), as the case may be.
(3) The Commission shall have all such powers as are necessary for, or are incidental to, the performance of the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
(4) The performance by the Commission of functions conferred on it by or under this Act shall be subject to the determination of matters of policy by the Minster.
(5) The Minister may, following consultation with the Commission, by order, confer on the Commission such additional functions in relation to the system of accredited grades, as the Minister considers necessary and appropriate, having regard to the need to ensure that the system of accredited grades operates as intended by or under this Act for the purposes of the Leaving Certificate 2021.
(6) An order under subsection (5) may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary for the purposes of the order.
(7) The Commission shall submit to the Minister, in such form and manner and within such period as the Minister may direct, such information regarding the performance of the functions conferred on it by or under this Act as the Minister may from time to time require.

Regulations in relation to system of accredited grades
7. (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Act, including regulations for prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or for the purpose of enabling any provision of this Act to have full effect or for the purpose of the effective operation of the system of accredited grades.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may provide for the following:
(a) the procedure to be undertaken by the Commission where it receives information under section 4 (2) or (4) or where it considers that false or misleading information may have been given in the circumstances provided for in section 5 , as the case may be, which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(i) the form and manner of the notification to be given—
(I) in the case of a matter arising under section 4 , to the person who provided the information under section 4 (2) and the candidate concerned, and
(II) in the case of a matter arising under section 5 , to the candidate concerned,
which notification shall include—
(A) information regarding the matter that has arisen under section 4 or 5 , as the case may be, and
(B) a statement that the Commission intends to carry out a review of the matter and that the candidate, and in the case of a matter arising under section 4, the person who provided the information under section 4 (2), may make representations to the Commission in the prescribed form and manner and within the prescribed period;
(ii) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, the review referred to in subparagraph (i) shall be conducted;
(iii) the period within which the Commission shall make a decision following the review referred to in subparagraph (i);
(b) the provision to the Commission of such information as the Commission may reasonably require for the purposes of the review referred to in paragraph (a) (i) from such persons in such form and manner, and within such period, as may be prescribed, including a request, in writing, for that information from those persons;
(c) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, the candidate and, in the case of a matter arising under section 4 , the person who provided the information under section 4 (2), shall be notified of the decision of the Commission referred to in paragraph (a)(iii), including, in the case of a decision to withhold all or any of the accredited grades comprised in the Leaving Certificate 2021, giving to the candidate the reasons for that decision;
(d) the appointment by the Commission of a panel of suitable persons to consider appeals referred to in paragraph (e) (in this section referred to as “appeals officers”), on such terms and conditions as the Commission may determine, which may include, but are not limited to, the period for which they may be appointed, the payment of fees and expenses (with the consent of the Minister and the Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform), resignation and removal for stated reasons;
(e) the procedure for an appeal by a candidate against a decision referred to in paragraph (c) which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(i) the period within which an appeal shall be made;
(ii) the form and manner in which an appeal shall be made;
(iii) the information to be provided by the candidate for the purposes of the appeal, including the reasons for that appeal;
(iv) the appointment of an appeals officer;
(v) the conduct of the appeal;
(vi) the provision of such access to information, records and documentation held by the Commission as may reasonably be required for the purposes of an appeal;
(vii) the period within which the appeal shall be determined;
(viii) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, the candidate and, in the case of a matter arising under section 4 , the person who provided the information under section 4 (2), shall be notified of the determination of the appeal, including where the decision of the Commission to withhold all or any of the accredited grades is upheld, the reasons for that decision.
(3) Regulations under this section may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.
(4) The procedures prescribed under subsection (2) are without prejudice to any other power, rights or remedies available to a person relating to the withholding for any reason of results relating to the Leaving Certificate Examination.

Designation of persons as tutors
8. The Minister may, having regard to the need to ensure that this Act applies, as is necessary and appropriate, to persons who perform a function relating to the provision of any estimated mark, by order, following consultation with the Commission, designate such persons as the Minister considers necessary and appropriate to be tutors for the purposes of the application of this Act.

Issue of certificate of final results of Leaving Certificate Examination for the year 2020
9. The Commission shall, in respect of the final results of the Leaving Certificate Examination for the year 2020, subject to the determination of any appeal in relation to those results, issue a certificate to each candidate concerned—
(a) comprising, in respect of the subjects concerned, the results achieved by a candidate and issued by the Minister pursuant to a system of calculated grades operated by the Minister in respect of the Leaving Certificate Examination for that year or, as the case may be, any higher result achieved by a candidate where, in respect of any subject, such candidate sat the Leaving Certificate Examination that took place in that year, in that subject, or
(b) in the case of a candidate who did not receive results pursuant to the system of calculated grades referred to in paragraph (a) and who sat the Leaving Certificate Examination for that year, in any subject, comprising, in respect of that subject, the results achieved by such candidate.

Data protection
10. (1) Personal data of candidates collected for the purposes of the system of accredited grades pursuant to this Act and any regulations made thereunder may, in so far as is necessary, be processed by—
(a) the Minister and the Commission, for the purposes of the performance of their respective functions pursuant to this Act and any regulations made thereunder,
(b) an appeals officer appointed to consider an appeal referred to in section 2 (3) or (4), 4 (6) or 5 (2), as the case may be, for the purposes of the performance of his or her functions pursuant to this Act and any regulations made thereunder relating to the consideration of such appeal, subject to such other conditions (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on such processing, and
(c) a person with whom the Minister or the Commission, as the case may be, has entered into a contract for the provision of any services relating to the process of standardisation, including the design and application of that process and any necessary quality assurance related to such application, for the purposes of the provision of such service, subject to such other conditions (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on such processing.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the Minister and the Commission are designated as data controllers in relation to the personal data processed for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) and the Minister and the Commission, as the case may be, shall put in place appropriate data processing contracts, where necessary, with the persons referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1).
(3) Personal data processed for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept and used by the persons referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) for the respective purposes only referred to in those provisions and may be processed only for as long as the personal data are required for those purposes and shall be permanently deleted after they are no longer so required.
(4) (a) The Minister may, subject to the General Data Protection Regulation, and following consultation with the Commission, make regulations—
(i) in relation to the processing of personal data which is necessary for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder,
(ii) to designate such other person, as the Minister considers appropriate, as a data controller for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, and such person may be designated in addition to, or in substitution for, the Minister or the Commission.
(b) Regulations made under paragraph (a) (i) shall specify—
(i) the personal data that may be processed,
(ii) the circumstances in which the personal data may be processed, including specifying the persons to whom the data may be disclosed, and
(iii) such other conditions (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on such processing.
(5) In this section—
“controller” means a controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation;
“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20161 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 (General Data Protection Regulation);
“personal data” has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation;
“processing”, in relation to personal data, has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation.

Laying of regulations and orders
11. Every order (other than an order under section 13 (2)) or regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation is annulled, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.

Expenses
12. The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of monies provided by the Oireachtas.

Short title and commencement
13. (1) This Act may be cited as the Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Act 2021.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions.

SCHEDULE
Languages specified as subjects for purposes of paragraph (c) of definiton of “tutor” in section 1
Section 1
The following languages are specified as subjects for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “tutor” in section 1 :
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
Hungarian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Maltese
Modern Greek
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovakian
Slovenian
Swedish


Release of prisoner on payment of portion of fine.  1. Where a person is committed to prison for non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction of any court of summary jurisdiction, then, on payment to the governor of the prison, under conditions prescribed by prison rules, of any sum in part satisfaction of the sum so adjudged to be paid, and of any charges for which the prisoner is liable, the term of imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which the prisoner is sentenced as the sum so paid bears to the sum for which he is so liable.

Application to Scotland.                            2. In the application of this Act to Scotland—
Application of moneys.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 53.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 53.
(1) Provision may be made by Act of Adjournal under section thirty-three of the Summary Procedure Act, 1864, for the application of sums paid under this Act, and for any matter incidental thereto:
(2) This Act shall be read as one with the Prisons (Scotland) Act, 1877, and may be cited with the Prisons (Scotland) Acts, 1860 to 1887: provided that in this Act the expression “prison” shall include police cells declared legal prisons in terms of the said Acts, and the expression “governor” shall include any officer in charge of such police cells.

Application to Ireland                              3. In the application of this Act to Ireland—
14 & 15 Vict. c. 90.
40 & 51 Vict. c. 49.
(1) Provision may be made by regulations under section six of the Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851, for the application of sums paid under this Act, and for any matter incidental thereto:
(2) Prison rules for the purpose of this Act may be made by the General Prisons Board for Ireland, subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council, and section fifty-seven of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877, shall apply to such rules:
(3) This Act may be cited with the Prisons (Ireland) Acts, 1826 to 1884.

[S. 4 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
Extent of Act.                                      5. This Act shall not apply to England and Wales.

Short title.                                        6. This Act may be cited as the Fine or Imprisonment (Scotland and Ireland) Act, 1899.