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Amendment of section 16 of Principal Act
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14. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) If, on application to it in that behalf by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector, it appears to the court, on evidence tendered by the applicant, that the conditions specified in subsection (2) are satisfied in respect of the respondent, the court may make an order (in this Act referred to as a ‘sex offender order’)—
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(a) prohibiting the respondent from doing one or more things specified in the order, and
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(b) subject to section 16A, including a direction under subsection (1) of that section.”,
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(b) in subsection (2)(b), by the substitution of “an order under this section (including where appropriate, a direction under section 16A(1))” for “an order under this section”, and
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(c) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “the public, or a member of the public, from” for “a member or members of the public from”.
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