27. Evidence in proceedings.
From 25 May 2018, this Act ceased to apply to the processing of personal data (within the meaning of this Act) other than the processing of such data for the purposes of safeguarding the security of the State, the defence of the State or the international relations of the State, or the processing of such data under the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 or the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018 to the extent that this Act is applied in those Acts but is still applicable to complaints made under s. 10 and contraventions of this Act that occurred before 25 May 2018, see s. 8 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7).
(1) In any proceedings -
(a) a certificate signed by the Minister or the Minister for Defence and stating that in his opinion personal data are, or at any time were, kept for the purpose of safeguarding the security of the State shall be evidence of that opinion,
(b) a certificate -
(i) signed by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of chief superintendent or an officer of the Permanent Defence Force who holds an army rank not below that of colonel and is designated by the Minister for Defence under section 8(a) of this Act, and
(ii) stating that in the opinion of the member or, as the case may be, the officer a disclosure of personal data is required for the purpose aforesaid,