Criminal Justice Act 2006
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Other witness statements. |
18.—(1) In this section— | |
“ competent person” means a person employed by a public authority and includes an immigration officer who is deemed to have been appointed as such an officer under section 3 of the Immigration Act 2004 ; | ||
“public authority” means— | ||
(a) a Minister of the Government, | ||
(b) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, | ||
(c) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 , | ||
(d) the Health Service Executive, | ||
(e) a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1946 , | ||
(f) a board or other body (not being a company) established by or under statute, | ||
(g) a company in which all the shares are held by, or on behalf of, or by directors appointed by, a Minister of the Government, or | ||
(h) a company in which all the shares are held by a board or other body referred to in paragraph (f), or by a company referred to in paragraph (g). | ||
(2) A person who makes a statement to a competent person in the course of the performance of the competent person’s official duties may make a statutory declaration that the statement is true to the best of the person's knowledge and belief. | ||
(3) For the purposes of section 1(1)(d) of the Statutory Declarations Act 1938 a competent person may take and receive a statutory declaration made under subsection (2). |