Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022

Person to whom application for initial assessment is made

9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom section 8 (2) applies may make an application for initial assessment to the Garda Commissioner.

(2) Where an applicant is the Garda Commissioner—

(a) the application for initial assessment shall be made to the Minister,

(b) the Minister shall, as soon as may be, transmit the application along with any accompanying information and documents to such member of a rank not lower than Assistant Garda Commissioner as he or she considers appropriate, and

(c) Parts 2 to 4 (other than this section, section 14 (11)(b) and section 18 (6)(b)) shall be construed as if a reference to the Garda Commissioner in those Parts were a reference to the member referred to in paragraph (b).