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IP/N/1/IRL/C/18  
 
20 July 2023  
(23-4934) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT 2000 (CERTAIN PROVISIONS) 
(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007  
(S.I. NO. 157 OF 2007)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (Certain Provisions) 
(Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 157 of 2007)  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_11042_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This instrument appoints the day on which section 198 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 
(No. 28 of 2000) comes into operation. The purpose of section 198 is to ensure that copies of books 
first made available in the State are delivered to certain libraries. The section updates the deposit 
scheme as set ou t in section 56 of the 1963 Copyright Act (repealed).  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 May 2007; This instrument was signed by the Minister of State on 
29 March  2007 specifying that it will come into operation on the 1st day of 
May 2007. It is also set out that the Order does not apply to sections 98, 199 
and 247 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No. 28 of 2000).  
 
Other date   Adoption: 29 March 2007 IP/N/1/IRL/70 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/18  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  25 April 2023  
Other information  See also IP/N/1/IRL/C/3   
(Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (Act. No. 28 of 2000) ) 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  