Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Power to enter into agreements with other law enforcement agencies, relevant persons or bodies outside State | ||
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93. (1) The Garda Commissioner may, with the prior consent of the Government, on behalf of An Garda Síochána enter into an agreement with— | ||
(a) a police service or other law enforcement agency outside the State, or | ||
(b) a relevant person or body, | ||
for the purpose of facilitating the performance by each party to the agreement of their respective functions. | ||
(2) An agreement under subsection (1) may provide for— | ||
(a) cooperation between the parties, | ||
(b) the exchange of information between the parties, | ||
(c) without prejudice to section 92 , 94 or 95 , the secondment of personnel to and from An Garda Síochána, or | ||
(d) such other matters as the Garda Commissioner thinks fit. | ||
(3) Subject to the Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018, the Garda Commissioner may, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of an agreement under subsection (1), provide information to, and receive information from, the other party to the agreement. | ||
(4) Where the Garda Commissioner entered into an agreement— | ||
(a) under section 28 of the Act of 2005 with a police service or other law enforcement agency outside the State, or | ||
(b) under section 28A of the Act of 2005 with a relevant person or body (within the meaning of that section), | ||
prior to the repeal of those sections by section 5 , as the case may be, the agreement shall be deemed to have been entered into under this section. | ||
(5) In this section (other than in subsection (4)(b)), “relevant person or body” means a person or body outside the State in whom, or in which, functions are vested under the law of a place other than the State that are equivalent, or similar, to the functions of— | ||
(a) the Police Ombudsman under this Act or any other enactment, | ||
(b) the Authority under this Act or any other enactment, | ||
(c) a coroner under the Coroners Acts 1962 to 2020, | ||
(d) a commission of investigation under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 , | ||
(e) a tribunal of inquiry under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, or | ||
(f) the Criminal Assets Bureau. |