(1) The Minister is designated as the single point of contact in the State for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The single point of contact shall -

(a) liaise with a relevant authority in another member state, the Co-operation Group and the CSIRTs network to ensure cross-border co-operation in relation to the Directive and these Regulations,

and

(b) co-operate with a competent authority and the CSIRT in accordance with these Regulations.

(3) The single point of contact shall in each year after the year in which these Regulations come into operation submit reports to the Co-operation Group in relation to incident notifications made to the CSIRT under Regulations 18 and 22, including the number of notifications, the nature of the notified incidents and the actions taken under the relevant Regulation.

(4) In this Regulation, "relevant authority in another member state" means one or more of the following: