Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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International service | ||
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92. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Garda Commissioner shall assign eligible members of An Garda Síochána, in such numbers and of such rank as the Government may determine, for service outside the State— | ||
(a) to carry out duties of a police character with an international organisation, | ||
(b) to advise others on, or to monitor their performance of, such duties, or | ||
(c) to participate in a special intervention unit (within the meaning of section 94B of the Act of 2008) in a member state (within the meaning of that Act). | ||
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Garda Commissioner may assign eligible members of An Garda Síochána for service outside the State— | ||
(a) to carry out liaison duties with Europol or, subject to the agreement of the Government, with law enforcement agencies of states other than the State, | ||
(b) as members of a joint investigation team (within the meaning of the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 ), | ||
(c) in connection with the making of a controlled delivery (within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the Act of 2008) outside the State pursuant to a request under section 89 of that Act, | ||
(d) with the consent of the Minister, on secondment to an international organisation, or | ||
(e) with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as members of an Irish diplomatic mission. | ||
(3) An eligible member shall be assigned under this section only for the period specified by the member in his or her offer to be available for international service. | ||
(4) This Act, the regulations and the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 shall continue to apply to members while on international service. | ||
(5) Nothing in this section shall prevent a member of An Garda Síochána stationed in the State from travelling outside the State in the course of carrying out his or her duties. | ||
(6) Where a member of An Garda Síochána was assigned for service outside the State pursuant to section 51 of the Act of 2005 prior to the repeal of that section by section 5 and the person remains so assigned on the date of coming into operation of this section, he or she shall be deemed to have been assigned for service outside the State under this section. | ||
(7) In this section, “Act of 2008” means the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 . |