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(b) co-operate with the single point of contact and the CSIRT in accordance with these Regulations.
Competent authority for digital service providers
8. (1) The Minister is for the purposes of these Regulations designated as the
competent authority in the State in respect of digital service providers.
(2) The competent authority designated under paragraph (1) shall in respect
of digital service providers—
(a) review the application of these Regulations,
and
(b) co-operate with the single point of contact and the CSIRT in accordance with these Regulations.
Single Point of Contact
9. (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:
(a) a competent authority in another member state;
(b) the single point of contact in another member state;
(c) the CSIRT in another member state.
CSIRT
10. (1) The unit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and
Environment known as the computer security incident response team (in these
Regulations referred to as the “CSIRT”) is for the purpose of these Regulations
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