Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022
|
Construction of references in certain enactments | ||
|
10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), on or after the date on which this section comes into operation, a reference howsoever expressed in any enactment that is in operation on that date— | ||
(a) to a Garda district or a Garda Síochána district, or to a sub-district of any such district, shall be construed as a reference to the equivalent division, and | ||
(b) to— | ||
(i) the superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district, | ||
(ii) the superintendent of the Garda Síochána of the district, | ||
(iii) the superintendent in the Garda Síochána district, | ||
(iv) the superintendent of the Garda Síochána within whose district, | ||
(v) the superintendent in charge of the Garda Síochána district, or | ||
(vi) the superintendent of the district, | ||
shall be construed as a reference to a superintendent of the Garda Síochána in the equivalent division. | ||
(2) Subsection (1)(a) shall not apply to a reference to an operational area that is referred to in the enactment concerned as, or is, by virtue of any other enactment, to be construed as a reference to, the Dublin Metropolitan District. | ||
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an enactment— | ||
(a) specified in Schedule 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 , | ||
(c) amended by regulations under section 9 . |