Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Regulations relating to standards of professional behaviour | ||
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258. (1) Subject to section 252 (2), the Minister may, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner, the Police Ombudsman and the Authority, prescribe the standards of professional behaviour applicable to members of garda personnel (in this Act referred to as the “standards of professional behaviour”). | ||
(2) In prescribing standards of professional behaviour under subsection (1), the Minister shall have regard to— | ||
(a) the importance of members of garda personnel maintaining proper standards of integrity and conducting themselves in a manner that promotes public confidence in policing, | ||
(b) the policing principles, | ||
(c) the code of ethics for members of garda personnel issued under section 78 , and | ||
(d) such other matters that he or she considers appropriate. | ||
(3) The Minister may prescribe different standards under subsection (1) for members of An Garda Síochána and members of garda staff. |