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Bills / Bill 59 of 2026

Public bill

Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026

Enacted Most recent stage: Enacted

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

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What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Stiúrthóra um Chomhar Idirnáisiúnta Ceartais Choiriúil or, in the English language, as Office of the Director of Criminal Justice International Cooperation; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2023/1544 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 laying down harmonised rules on the designation of designated establishments and the appointment of legal representatives for the purpose of gathering electronic evidence in criminal proceedings; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 on European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal proceedings and for the execution of custodial sentences following criminal proceedings and to provide for penalties for failure to comply with obligations arising thereunder; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online; and to provide for related matters.

This is the bill's official long title.

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