S.I. No. 154/1957 - Offences Against The State (Amendment) Act, 1940, (Detention) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940

, (Detention) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.

2. The

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940

, (Detention) Regulations, 1957 (

S.I. No. 146 of 1957

), are hereby amended—

(

a

) by the substitution for paragraph 25 of the following paragraph

" 25. (1) In addition to any visits under subparagraph (3) of paragraph 26 of these Regulations, an internee may, on application to the Commandant—

(

a

) receive one visit per month from relatives,

(

b

) at the discretion of the Adjutant-General, receive additional visits from relatives,

(

c

) at the discretion of the Minister for Defence, receive visits from persons other than relatives.

(2) Not more than three persons together shall be allowed to visit an internee." ;

(

b

) by the substitution in paragraph 2 of the Appendix for " the Curragh Training Camp Military Hospital, Co. Kildare " of " the General Military Hospital, Curragh Training Camp, Co. Kildare " ; and

(

c

) by the addition to the Appendix of the following paragraph

" 4. The Internment Camp, Curragh Training Camp, Co. Kildare."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of July, 1957.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Defence.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations effect minor changes in the main Regulations (

S.I. No. 146 of 1957

) which provide for the command and administration of a camp for the internment of civilians.

S.I. No. 154 of 1957.

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940, (DETENTION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1957.

I, CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN, Minister for Defence, a Minister of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 7

of the

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940

(No. 2 of 1940), do hereby order and make the following regulations, that is to say