Uimhir 1 de 1989

ACHT AN GHARDA SÍOCHÁNA, 1989

RIAR NA nALT

Uimhir 1 de 1989

ACHT AN GHARDA SÍOCHÁNA, 1989

[An tiontú oifigiúil]

Mínithe.

1.—San Acht seo—

ciallaíonn “na hAchtanna” Achtanna an Gharda Síochána, 1923 go 1979;

ciallaíonn “Fórsa Idirnáisiúnta ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe” fórsa nó comhlacht idirnáisiúnta arna bhunú ag Comhairle Slándála nó Comhthionól Ginearálta na Náisiún Aontaithe chun dualgais de chineál póilíneachta a chomhlíonadh.

Díormaí ón nGarda Síochána a chur amach le haghaidh seirbhíse lasmuigh den Stát.

2.—(1) D'ainneoin aon ní sna hAchtanna, féadfar, má chinneann an Rialtas amhlaidh, díorma ón nGarda Síochána a chur amach le haghaidh seirbhíse lasmuigh den Stát le Fórsa Idirnáisiúnta ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe.

(2) Beidh i ndíorma dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (1) den alt seo cibé líon de chomhaltaí den Gharda Síochána, agus beidh ag na comhaltaí sin cibé céim sa Gharda Síochána, a chinnfidh an Rialtas.

Dliteanas comhaltaí áirithe den Gharda Síochána chun seirbhíse lasmuigh den Stát.

3.—(1) I gcás go mbeidh tairgthe i scríbhinn ag comhalta den Gharda Síochána é féin a chur faoi dhliteanas le haghaidh seirbhíse eachtraí le linn tréimhse sonraithe agus go mbeidh glactha ag an gCoimisinéir leis an tairiscint, beidh feidhm ag an alt seo maidir leis an gcomhalta sin le linn na tréimhse sin.

(2) D'ainneoin aon ní sna hAchtanna beidh comhalta den Gharda Síochána, lena mbaineann an t-alt seo de thuras na huaire, faoi dhliteanas fónamh lasmuigh den Stát le díorma de chuid an Gharda Síochána a chuirfear amach le haghaidh seirbhíse le Fórsa Idirnáisiúnta ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe.

Clárú breitheanna agus básanna áirithe a tharlaíonn lasmuigh den Stát.

4.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire le rialacháin, arna ndéanamh le toiliú an Aire Sláinte, socrú a dhéanamh go gcoimeádfar taifead—

(a) ar bhás comhalta den Gharda Síochána,

(b) ar bhás céile comhalta den Gharda Síochána nó ar bhás aon duine de cibé baill eile de chlann comhalta den Gharda Síochána a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin, agus

(c) ar bhreith linbh do chomhalta den Gharda Síochána,

a tharlaíonn lasmuigh den Stát tráth a bheidh an comhalta den Gharda Síochána ag fónamh lasmuigh den Stát le Fórsa Idirnáisiúnta ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe agus, maidir le bás dá dtagraítear i mír (b) den fho-alt seo nó maidir le breith, a tharlaíonn i cibé imthosca a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin.

(2) Déanfar taifid a choimeádfar de bhun rialachán arna ndéanamh faoin alt seo—

(a) a fhíordheimhniú i cibé slí a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin ag cibé duine a bheidh sonraithe chun na críche sin sna rialacháin, agus

(b) a sheoladh chuig an Ard-Chláraitheoir i cibé slí a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin.

(3) (a) Cothabhálfaidh an tArd-Chláraitheoir clár ar a dtabharfar Clárleabhar Básanna an Gharda Síochána (dá ngairtear an Leabhar Básanna san alt seo) agus cuirfidh sé faoi deara go ndéanfar gach taifead ar bhás a sheolfar chuige faoin alt seo a iontráil sa Leabhar Básanna.

(b) Cothabhálfaidh an tArd-Chláraitheoir clár ar a dtabharfar Clárleabhar Breitheanna an Gharda Síochána (dá ngairtear an Leabhar Breitheanna san alt seo) agus cuirfidh sé faoi deara go ndéanfar gach taifead ar bhreith a sheolfar chuige faoin alt seo a iontráil sa Leabhar Breitheanna.

(c) Déanfar iontráil faoi mhír (a) nó (b) den fho-alt seo i cibé foirm a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin faoin alt seo agus beidh cibé sonraí inti a bheidh sonraithe sna rialacháin sin.

(d) Measfar, chun críocha na nAchtanna um Chlárú Breitheanna agus Básanna, 1863 go 1987, gur clárleabhair de réir bhrí na nAchtanna sin an Leabhar Básanna agus an Leabhar Breitheanna, ach beidh éifeacht le mír (3) d'alt 27 den Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880, ina fheidhm maidir leis an Leabhar Básanna agus leis an Leabhar Breitheanna, ionann is—

(i) dá scriosfaí “upon payment of the appointed fee, and” agus

(ii) dá mba thagairt do ráiteas i scríbhinn ó dhuine atá sonraithe faoi mhír (a) d'fho-alt (2) den alt seo an tagairt inti do dhearbhú reachtúil ó dhuine amháin nó níos mó a gceanglaíonn an tAcht sin air nó orthu faisnéis a thabhairt maidir leis an mbreith nó leis an mbás dá dtagraítear sa mhír sin.

(4) Coinneoidh an tArd-Chláraitheoir, ina oifig, innéacs don Leabhar Básanna agus innéacs don Leabhar Breitheanna; agus beidh daoine i dteideal na hinnéacsanna a chuardach agus cóip dheimhnithe a fháil d'iontráil sa Leabhar Básanna nó sa Leabhar Breitheanna, nó d'ítimí a bheidh san iontráil, ar na téarmaí agus na coinníollacha céanna ar gach caoi i dtaobh táillí agus nithe eile is atá infheidhme faoi na hAchtanna um Chlárú Breitheanna agus Básanna, 1863 go 1987, nó faoi aon achtachán eile i ndáil leis na cláir breitheanna agus básanna; agus déanfar na táillí sin a bhailiú agus a dhiúscairt sa chaoi chéanna ina mbailítear agus ina ndiúscraítear táillí is iníoctha faoi na hAchtanna sin a dúradh.

(5) Gach rialachán a dhéanfar faoin alt seo leagfar é faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach acu sin, laistigh den 21 lá a shuífidh an Teach sin tar éis an rialachán a leagan faoina bhráid, rún a rith ag neamhniú an rialacháin, beidh an rialachán ar neamhní dá réir sin ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin rialachán.

Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú.

5.—(1) Féadfar Acht an Gharda Síochána, 1989, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Féadfar Achtanna an Gharda Síochána, 1923 go 1989, a ghairm de na hAchtanna agus den Acht seo le chéile.

(3) Forléireofar na hAchtanna agus an tAcht seo le chéile mar aon ní amháin.

Number 1 of 1989

GARDA SÍOCHÁNA ACT, 1989

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 1 of 1989

GARDA SÍOCHÁNA ACT, 1989

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Definitions.

1.— In this Act—

“the Acts” means the Garda Síochána Acts, 1923 to 1979;

“International United Nations Force” means an international force or body established by the Security Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations for the performance of duties of a police character.

Despatch of contingents of Garda Síochána for service outside the State.

2.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, a contingent of the Gards Síochána may, if the Government so determine, be despatched for service outside the State with an International United Nations Force.

(2) A contingent referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall consist of such number of members of the Garda Síochána, and the members shall hold such rank in the Garda Síochána, as the Government may determine.

Liability of certain members of Garda Síochána for service outside the State.

3.— (1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has offered in writing to render himself liable for external service during a specified period and the Commissioner has accepted the offer, this section shall apply to that member during that period.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, a member of the Garda Síochána to whom this section for the time being applies shall be liable to serve outside the State with a contingent of the Garda Síochána which is despatched for service with an International United Nations Force.

Registration of certain births and deaths occurring outside the State.

4.— (1) The Minister may by regulations, made with the consent of the Minister for Health, provide for the keeping of a record of—

(a) the death of a member of the Garda Síochána.

(b) the death of the spouse or any of such other members of the family of a member of the Garda Síochána as may be specified in the regulations, and

(c) the birth of a child of a member of the Gards Síochána

occurring outside the State while the member of the Garda Síochána is serving outside the State with an International United Nations Force and, as respects a death referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection or a birth, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.

(2) Records kept pursuant to regulations made under this section shall be—

(a) authenticated in such manner as may be specified in the regulations by such person as may be specified for that purpose in the regulations, and

(b) transmitted to an tArd-Chláraitheoir in such manner as may be specified in the regulations.

(3) (a) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall maintain a register to be known as the Garda Síochána Deaths Register Book (in this section referred to as the Deaths Book) and shall cause an entry to be made in the Deaths Book of each record of a death transmitted to him under this section.

(b) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall maintain a register to be known as the Garda Síochána Births Register Book (in this section referred to as the Births Book) and shall cause an entry to be made in the Births Book of each record of a birth transmitted to him under this section

(c) An entry made under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be in such form as may be specified in the regulations under this section and shall contain such particulars as may be specified in those regulations.

(d) The Deaths Book and the Births Book shall, for the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1863 to 1987, be deemed to be register books within the meaning of those Acts, but paragraph (3) of section 27 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880, shall in its application to the Deaths Book and the Births Book have effect as if—

(i) “upon payment of the appointed fee, and” were deleted, and

(ii) the reference therein to a statutory declaration made by one or more persons required by that Act to give information concerning the birth or death referred to in that paragraph were a reference to a statement in writing made by a person specified under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section.

(4) An tArd-Chláraitheoir shall keep at his office an index to the Deaths Book and an index to the Births Book; and persons shall be entitled to search the indices and to have a certified copy of an entry in the Deaths Book or the Births Book or of items contained in the entry on the same terms and conditions in all respects as to fees and otherwise as are applicable under the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1863 to 1987 or any other enactment in respect of the registers of births and deaths; and such fees shall be collected and disposed of in the same manner as fees payable under the said recited Acts.

(5) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Short title collective citation and construction.

5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Garda Síochána Act, 1989

(2) The Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Garda Síochána Acts, 1923 to 1989.

(3) The Acts and this Act shall be construed together as one.