Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Regulations relating to management of An Garda Síochána | ||
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254. (1) Subject to this Act, the Minister may, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner and the Authority, make regulations relating to the management of An Garda Síochána, including regulations relating to any or all of the following matters: | ||
(a) the duties of the different ranks of An Garda Síochána; | ||
(b) the functions of the different grades of members of garda staff; | ||
(c) the admission, appointment and enrolment of members of An Garda Síochána, including members who have served with other police services and members with different ethnic or national origins or different religious beliefs or backgrounds; | ||
(d) the selection processes to apply to appointments to different ranks of An Garda Síochána, including the nomination by the Authority of a representative to participate in such selection boards as may be specified in the regulations; | ||
(e) the length of the term for which a person, appointed to the rank of Deputy Garda Commissioner or Assistant Garda Commissioner after the coming into operation of this section, shall hold office; | ||
(f) without prejudice to sections 93 and 94 , the appointment to An Garda Síochána of members on secondment from a police service or law enforcement agency in a state other than the State, including the criteria, procedures and terms and conditions that would apply to such appointments and to members so appointed; | ||
(g) the secondment of personnel to and from An Garda Síochána pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 93 , including the criteria, procedures and terms and conditions that would apply to such secondments and to personnel so seconded; | ||
(h) the training of members of An Garda Síochána; | ||
(i) the retirement of members of An Garda Síochána, including the retirement ages of reserve members and other ranks of An Garda Síochána; | ||
(j) the payment of pensions, allowances and gratuities to members of An Garda Síochána and their spouses or civil partners (within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ), children and dependants, including— | ||
(i) the conditions under which those pensions, allowances and gratuities are payable, | ||
(ii) the rates and scales of payment, and | ||
(iii) the penalties for fraudulent conduct in relation to an application for a pension, allowance or gratuity; | ||
(k) the promotion of members of An Garda Síochána; | ||
(l) requirements relating to the resignation of members of An Garda Síochána; | ||
(m) the use of facilities, equipment, arms or services by An Garda Síochána; | ||
(n) the limitations, restrictions or conditions applicable to the delegation of the Garda Commissioner’s functions under section 39 ; | ||
(o) the limitations, restrictions or conditions applicable to the exercise of the Garda Commissioner’s powers under section 40 ; | ||
(p) the circumstances in, and the extent to, which services referred to in section 43 (3) may be provided under that section by An Garda Síochána; | ||
(q) the costs to be taken into account under section 43 (4) in relation to the provision of services under that section; | ||
(r) matters relating to the role, status and carrying out of business within An Garda Síochána, of associations established in accordance with section 59 , including the organisation of, and procedures applying to, such associations; | ||
(s) any other matter relating to the organisation, training, carrying out of duties, efficiency, management or administration of An Garda Síochána. | ||
(2) In making regulations under this section, the Minister shall consider the objective of promoting effectiveness, efficiency and economy in An Garda Síochána. | ||
(3) Regulations made under this section may— | ||
(a) make different provision for— | ||
(i) different categories of members or ranks of An Garda Síochána, | ||
(ii) different categories or grades of members of garda staff, or | ||
(iii) different categories of any other such persons to whom the regulations may apply, | ||
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(b) authorise any matter or thing to be determined or applied by a specified person or body. |