Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Act 2014

Powers of member of Garda Síochána

3. (1) A member of the Garda Síochána may, where it appears to him or her that a person in a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place and in which a child, or a person who appears to be a child, is present, is smoking a tobacco product—

(a) require the driver to stop the vehicle, and

(b) demand of any person in the vehicle whom the member suspects of committing an offence under section 2 , his or her name and address.

(2) A person who—

(a) fails to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle in compliance with subsection (1)(a), or

(b) on a demand being made of him or her under subsection (1)(b), fails or refuses to give his or her name and address or gives information which is false or misleading,

shall be guilty of an offence.