Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act

19. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to subsection (6) —

(a) not later than 6 months after the establishment day of the Authority, and

(b) not later than 3 months before the expiry of the period to which the previous strategy statement relates,

the Garda Commissioner shall submit to the Authority for its approval (with the consent of the Minister) a strategy statement for the Garda Síochána and for policing services for the following 3 years.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of “must be prepared in such form and manner as the Minister may direct and”,

(c) in subsection (3) —

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) the priorities determined by the Authority under section 20 relating to policing services and any priorities that may be determined by the Minister under section 20A relating to security services;”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “relates;” for “relates, and”,

(iii) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “efficient use of those resources;” for “efficient use of those resources.”, and

(iv) by the addition of the following paragraph:

“(e) the policing principles.”,

(d) in subsection (4), by—

(i) the substitution of “The Authority shall, with the consent of the Minister, approve” for “The Minister shall approve”, and

(ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) with such amendments as the Authority with the consent of the Minister, after consulting with the Garda Commissioner, may determine.”,

(e) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) As soon as practicable after the approval of the strategy statement under subsection (4), the Authority shall send a copy of the approved strategy statement to the Minister and the Minister shall cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after he or she receives it.”,

and

(f) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “The Authority” for “The Minister”.