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Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act
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29. (1) Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) The Authority shall, after consulting with the Minister and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, issue to local authorities and the Garda Commissioner guidelines concerning the establishment and maintenance of joint policing committees by local authorities and the Garda Commissioner.”,
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(b) in subsection (2) —
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(i) in paragraph (b) (iii), by the substitution of “members of the Houses of the Oireachtas” for “members of the Oireachtas”,
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(ii) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “members of the Houses of the Oireachtas” for “members of the Oireachtas”,
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(iii) in paragraph (k), by the substitution of “any subcommittees,” for “any subcommittees, and”, and
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(iv) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (l):
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“(l) the establishment and operation by the committee as it considers necessary of local policing fora within neighbourhoods of the administrative area of the local authority concerned to discuss and make recommendations to the committee concerning matters that the committee is to keep under review under section 36(2)(a) or on which the committee is to advise under section 36(2) (b), insofar as those matters affect their neighbourhoods,
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(m) the co-operation of, and consultation by, the committee with such other public authorities, bodies or persons, including local policing fora referred to in paragraph (l), as may be required by the committee in the performance of its functions, and
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(n) such other matters as the Authority considers appropriate.”,
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(c) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (4) and (5):
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“(4) The Authority may, after consulting with the Minister and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government—
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(a) revise any guidelines issued under this section, or
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(b) withdraw those guidelines and issue new guidelines.
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(5) The Authority shall supply a copy of guidelines issued under this section, and of any revisions to them, to the Minister as soon as practicable after the guidelines are issued or revised and the Minister shall cause a copy of such guidelines, and of any revisions to them, to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after he or she receives them.”,
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and
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(d) by the addition of the following subsection:
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“(6) The Authority may convene meetings of the chairpersons, and such other members as the Authority considers appropriate, of joint policing committees for the purpose of coordinating, or otherwise facilitating, the performance by such committees of the functions assigned to them.”.
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(2) Guidelines issued by the Minister under section 35 of the Principal Act before the commencement of this section continue in force until they are replaced by guidelines issued under that section of the Principal Act as it is amended by subsection (1).
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