Video Recordings Act, 1989

Powers of arrest.

26.—(1) If a member of the Garda Síochána reasonably suspects that a person has committed an offence under this Act (other than an offence under subsection (2) (b) of section 25 ), he may require him to give him his name and address and, if the person fails or refuses to do so or gives a name or address that the member reasonably suspects to be false or misleading, the member may arrest him without warrant.

(2) A member of the Garda Síochána acting under the authority of a warrant under the said section 25 may arrest without warrant a person whom the member reasonably suspects of having committed an offence under the said subsection (2) (b).