Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act, 1998
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Regulations. |
10.—(1) The Minister for Defence may, without prejudice to his or her power under section 4 (as amended by section 8 of the Red Cross Act, 1954 ) of the Red Cross Act, 1938 , make regulations, in accordance with the provisions of any of the Scheduled Conventions, Protocol I or Protocol II, as the case may be, as he or she considers necessary for any or all of the following: | |
(a) prescribing the form of flags, emblems, signs, signals, designations, designs, wordings, uniforms or insignia for use for the purposes of giving effect to any of the Scheduled Conventions, Protocol I or Protocol II and regulating their use, | ||
(b) prescribing the form of identity cards for use for the purposes of giving effect to any of the Scheduled Conventions or Chapter I or V of Annex I to Protocol I and regulating their use, | ||
(c) prohibiting, restricting or directing the use of such flags, emblems, signs, signals, uniforms or insignia as specified in the regulations, for the purposes of giving effect to Article 38 or 39 of Protocol I or Article 12 of Protocol II. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500. | ||
(3) Every regulation made by the Minister for Defence under this section or section 9 (4) of this Act 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 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. | ||
(4) Every regulation made under this section may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister for Defence to be necessary. |