Number 4 of 2023

An Act to give effect to certain provisions of Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 [OJ No. L321, 17.12.2018, p. 36] establishing the European Electronic Communications Code; to provide that providers of public electronic communications networks and providers of publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate and proportionate measures to manage the risks posed to the security of networks and services; to enable the Minister to take measures in respect of the supply of critical components by certain vendors in order to safeguard the security of supply of such components; to provide for measures to assist consumers and other end-users; to provide for the resolution of certain complaints and disputes; to provide for interim measures to prevent certain breaches; to lay down rules on administrative sanctions applicable to breaches of regulatory provisions, including provisions adopted, and binding decisions of the Commission for Communications Regulation, pursuant to that Directive, in order to ensure that such provisions are implemented and that penalties for failure to do so are appropriate, effective, proportionate and dissuasive; to amend the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 444 of 2022); to amend the Communications Regulation Act 2002; to amend the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003; to amend the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 to enable funding to be made available for the purposes of maintaining the post office network and countering consequences of withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and to provide for related matters.