Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 25 of 2024
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Repeal
4. Expenses
PART 2
Amendment of Principal Act
5. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
6. Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act
7. Amendment of section 53A of Principal Act
8. Amendment of section 64 of Principal Act
9. Amendment of section 67 of Principal Act
10. Amendment of section 97 of Principal Act
11. Amendment of section 103 of Principal Act
12. Regulations relating to testing for controlled drugs and psychoactive substances
13. Amendment of section 161 of Principal Act
14. Amendment of section 177 of Principal Act
15. Amendment of section 177A of Principal Act
16. Appointment of court-martial prosecutor
17. Amendment of section 196 of Principal Act
18. Amendment of section 248 of Principal Act
19. Prohibition on use of term “Óglaigh na hÉireann”
20. Amendment of section 292 of Principal Act
21. External Oversight Body - insertion of Part XIII in Principal Act
22. External Oversight Body - insertion of Thirteenth Schedule to Principal Act
PART 3
Amendment of other Enactments
23. Amendment of Schedule to National Archives Act 1986
24. Amendment of Defence (Amendment) Act 1990
25. Amendment of section 2 of Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004
Acts Referred to
Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 (No. 46)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 (No. 22)
Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 6)
Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 20)
Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)
European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65)
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (No. 12)
National Archives Act 1986 (No. 11)
Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 (No. 36)
An Act to amend the Defence Act 1954 ; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Comhlacht Formhaoirsithe Seachtrach Óglaigh na hÉireann and to provide for its functions; to amend the National Archives Act 1986 ; to amend the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 ; to amend the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 ; and to provide for related matters.
[17th July, 2024]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
