Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

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Amendment of Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017

296. The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1)—

(i) by the deletion of the following definitions:

(I) “Act of 2005”;

(II) “officer of the Ombudsman Commission”;

(III) “Ombudsman Commission”,

(ii) in the definition of “complaint”, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission”,

(iii) in the definition of “family member”, in paragraph (g)(ii), by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission”,

(iv) in the definition of “member of the Garda Síochána”, by the substitution of “the Act of 2024” for “section 3 of the Act of 2005”, and

(v) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘Act of 2024’ means the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024;

‘officer of the Police Ombudsman’ means—

(a) an officer of the Police Ombudsman within the meaning of the Act of 2024, or

(b) a person who is engaged by the Police Ombudsman pursuant to an arrangement under section 181 of that Act;”,

(b) in section 3, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission”,

(c) in section 7, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(d) in section 8, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(e) in section 11, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(f) in section 12, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(g) in section 14, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(h) in section 15, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(i) in section 16, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(j) in section 17, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in both places where it occurs,

(k) in section 18, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in both places where it occurs,

(l) in section 19(1), by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission”,

(m) in section 22, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(n) in section 23, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in both places where it occurs,

(o) in section 24, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in each place where it occurs,

(p) in section 25, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission”, and

(q) in section 36, by the substitution of “Police Ombudsman” for “Ombudsman Commission” in both places where it occurs.