Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022
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Definitions | ||
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2. In this Act— | ||
“Act” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 (1) of the Interpretation Act 2005 ; | ||
“Act of 1925” means the Firearms Act 1925 ; | ||
“Act of 2005” means the Garda Síochána Act 2005 ; | ||
“Commissioner of the Garda Síochána” means the person for the time being appointed as the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána in accordance with section 9 of the Act of 2005, or a person performing the functions of the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána pursuant to an authorisation under section 32 of that Act; | ||
“county of Dublin” means the area comprising the local government areas (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 ) of— | ||
(a) Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, | ||
(b) Fingal, | ||
(c) South Dublin, and | ||
(d) Dublin City; | ||
“Dublin Metropolitan Region” means the operational area of the Garda Síochána known by that name that comprises the county of Dublin, whether or not it also comprises an area of any other county, as determined by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána under section 33(1) of the Act of 2005; | ||
“enactment” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 (1) of the Interpretation Act 2005 ; | ||
“equivalent division” means, in relation to a Garda district in being immediately before the date on which this section comes into operation, the Garda Síochána division that contains the geographical area of which the district comprised; | ||
“Garda Síochána division” means a division of the Garda Síochána in being that was— | ||
(a) created under a determination under section 33(1) of the Act of 2005 on or after the date on which this section comes into operation, | ||
(b) continued in being on that date by virtue of a determination under section 33(1) of the Act of 2005, or | ||
(c) continued in being on that date by virtue of section 3(2) ; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Justice; | ||
“operational area” means an area in which the Garda Síochána are distributed and stationed in the State as may be determined from time to time by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána; | ||
“statutory instrument” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 (1) of the Interpretation Act 2005 . |