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Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1987
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23. Section 14 of the Act of 1987 is amended by—
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(a) in subsection (1) —
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(i) the insertion of “or vehicle” after “any premises”, and
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(ii) the substitution of “into the premises or vehicle” for “therein”,
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(b) the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):
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“(1A) An authorised person may, for any purpose connected with this Act, require a person in control of a stationary vehicle to refrain from moving it.
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(1B) An authorised person may, if accompanied by—
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(a) a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform, or
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(b) an officer of the Revenue Commissioners in uniform authorised by them to exercise powers conferred by the Customs Acts or the statutes which relate to the duties of excise,
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require the person who for the time being is in control of a vehicle to bring it to a stop for any purpose connected with this Act.
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(1C) Where the purpose referred to at subsection (1A) or (1B) comprises an inspection or search of the vehicle and the place at which the member or officer finds the vehicle is, in the reasonable opinion of the member or officer, unsuitable for such inspection or search, the member or officer may require such person forthwith to take the vehicle or cause it to be taken to a place which the member or officer considers suitable for such inspection or search and which is specified by that member or officer.”,
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(c) in subsection (4) —
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(i) the insertion of “or vehicle” after “any premises”,
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(ii) in paragraph (a), the insertion of “or searches” after “such inspections”, and
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(iii) in paragraph (c), the insertion of “, or from the owner of or person who for the time being is in control of the vehicle,” after “on the premises”,
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(d) in subsection (6), the insertion of “or vehicle” after “any premises”,
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(e) in subsection (6A), the substitution of “the premises or vehicle” for “the place”, and
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(f) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):
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“(9) In this section ‘vehicle’ means any conveyance in or by which any person or thing, or both, is or are, as the case may be, transported which is designed for use on land, in water or in the air, or in more than one of those ways, and includes—
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(a) a part of a vehicle,
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(b) an article designed as a vehicle but not capable of functioning as a vehicle,
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(c) any container, trailer, tank or any other thing which is or may be used for the storage of goods in the course of carriage and is designed or constructed to be placed on, in, or attached to, any vehicle.”.
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