Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

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Amendment of Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022

301. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 is amended—

(a) in section 2—

(i) in the definition of “Garda Commissioner”, by the substitution of—

(I) “ section 26 of the Act of 2024” for “section 9 of the Act of 2005”, and

(II) “pursuant to section 28 of that Act” for “pursuant to an authorisation under section 32 of that Act”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “member”:

“ ‘member’ means—

(a) a member of An Garda Síochána within the meaning of the Act of 2024, and

(b) a trainee within the meaning of the Act of 2024;”,

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following definitions:

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

‘member of garda staff’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2024;”,

(b) in section 12, by the substitution of “garda staff” for “the civilian staff of the Garda Síochána” in both places where it occurs, and

(c) in section 34—

(i) by the substitution of “ section 39 of the Act of 2024” for “section 31 of the Act of 2005” in both places where it occurs,

(ii) without prejudice to paragraph (i), in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Act of 2024” for “Act of 2005” in both places where it occurs, and

(iii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “garda staff” for “the civilian staff of the Garda Síochána”.