Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022
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PART 4 Review | ||
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Review officer | ||
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15. (1) The Minister shall establish and maintain a panel of such and so many persons as he or she considers appropriate to perform the functions conferred on a review officer by or under this Act. | ||
(2) Where the Garda Commissioner receives an application under section 16 , he or she shall assign a person from the panel referred to in subsection (1) to carry out a review of the application in accordance with this Part. | ||
(3) A review officer— | ||
(a) shall be a practising barrister or solicitor of not less than 5 years’ standing, | ||
(b) shall be appointed for a period of 3 years, | ||
(c) shall be appointed on such terms and conditions and be paid such remuneration and allowances for expenses as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, determines, and | ||
(d) may resign from the appointment by notice in writing sent or given to the Minister. | ||
(4) A review officer shall be independent in the performance of his or her functions. | ||
(5) The Minister may revoke the appointment of a review officer for stated reasons. | ||
(6) A review officer shall, at such intervals and in relation to such periods as are specified in writing by the Minister, submit a report in writing to the Minister in relation to the performance of his or her functions under this Act as a review officer during the period to which the report relates. | ||
(7) Where a review officer (in this subsection referred to as the “original review officer”) is, or becomes, unavailable or unable to perform his or her functions— | ||
(a) the Garda Commissioner shall, subject to paragraph (b), assign another person from the panel referred to in subsection (1) to perform the functions of the original review officer, and | ||
(b) the review officer assigned under paragraph (a) shall be entitled to rely on— | ||
(i) any step or decision taken, any request, invitation, direction, determination or report made, any notice given or any other action performed by the original review officer when he or she was performing the functions referred to in subsection (1), and | ||
(ii) any clarification, information or document provided to, or any document created by, the original review officer when he or she was performing such functions. |