Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act

20. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended—

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

“(1) The Garda Commissioner shall each year prepare a policing plan setting out the proposed arrangements for policing services for the following year.”,

(b) in subsection (2) —

(i) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “Government policy;” for “Government policy.”, and

(ii) by the addition of the following paragraph:

“(f) the policing principles.”,

(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “the Authority” for “the Minister”,

(d) in subsection (5) —

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

(ii) by 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.”,

and

(e) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):

“(6) As soon as practicable after the approval of the policing plan under subsection (5), the Authority shall send a copy of the approved policing plan 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.”.