S.I. No. 289/2006 - Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order, 2006

1. Section 38 of the Garda Síochána Act, 2005 regulates the use of CCTV in public places by members of the Garda Síochána or other authorised persons.

2. Section 38(3) describes three categories of persons who may be authorised by the Garda Commissioner to install and operate CCTV systems. The category described at 38(3) (c is “persons who meet established criteria and whose application for authorisation in respect of a specified area within the administrative area of a local authority has been approved by the local authority after consulting with the joint policing committee for that administrative area”.

3. Section 38(5) of the Act states that “the Government shall, by order, establish criteria for the purposes of subsection (3) (c) and may establish different criteria for different classes of applicants for authorisation”.

4. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform consulted with the Garda Commissioner as to what appropriate criteria should be established for the purposes of subsection (3) (c) of the Act.

This Order establishes the criteria for the purposes of section 38(3)(c).

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I No. 289 of 2006

Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order, 2006

Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 38(5) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20 of 2005), hereby order as follows