International Protection Act 2026
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Alternatives to detention | ||
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113. (1) An immigration officer or a member of An Garda Síochána may, following an individual assessment in relation to an applicant, make any one or more than one of the following requirements of the applicant on the grounds set out in section 112 : | ||
(a) a requirement to— | ||
(i) attend at a specified place, that is not a place of detention, at, or by, a specified time, | ||
(ii) remain at a specified place that is not a place of detention, during a particular time period or for a specified period of time, and | ||
(iii) allow himself or herself to be conveyed by a specified vehicle to a specified place, | ||
in order to comply with a procedural requirement relating to his or her application for international protection, subject to section 114 (2), for a maximum aggregate period of 12 hours to enable the applicant to comply with such a procedural requirement; | ||
(b) a requirement to reside at a specified place that is not a place of detention; | ||
(c) a requirement to report to an immigration officer or a member of An Garda Síochána at a specified time or at reasonable, specified intervals. | ||
(2) An immigration officer or a member of An Garda Síochána shall not detain an applicant under section 118 unless he or she has considered whether or not any of the alternatives to detention provided for in this section can be effectively applied for the purposes of the relevant ground for detention set out in section 112 . |