S.I. No. 275/2009 - Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (An Garda Síochána) Regulations 2009

1. These Regulations may be cited as the

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

(Written Record of Approval) (An Garda Síochána) Regulations 2009.

2. In these Regulations ‘Act of 2009’ means the

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

(No. 19 of 2009).

3. The prescribed form of a written record of approval for the purposes of section 7 of the Act of 2009 is Form 1 set out in the Schedule.

4. The prescribed form of a written record of approval for the purposes of section 8 of the Act of 2009 is Form 2 set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

Form 1

Regulation 3

An Garda Síochána

Written record of approval for surveillance under

section 7

of the

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Particulars of surveillance device approved

Subject of surveillance—

Name (if a person)

Place (if a place)

Thing (if a thing)

Name and rank of the member of An Garda Síochána to whom approval is granted

Conditions (if any) subject to which the approval is granted

Time and date at which the approval is granted: (a.m./p.m.) DD/MM/YYYY

Duration of approved surveillance (not to exceed 72 hours)

I declare that the information above is true and accurate

Signed_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (signature of approving officer)

Rank of approving officer (not below the rank of superintendent)

Form 2

Regulation 4

An Garda Síochána

Written record of approval for the use of a tracking device under

section 8

of the

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

Date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Particulars of tracking device approved

Subject of monitoring—

Name (if a person)

Vehicle (if a vehicle)

Thing (if a thing)

Name and rank of the member of An Garda Síochána to whom approval is granted

Conditions (if any) subject to which the approval is granted

Time and date at which the approval is granted: (a.m./p.m.) DD/MM/YYYY

Duration of the use approved (not to exceed 4 months)

I declare that the information above is true and accurate

Signed_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (signature of approving officer)

Rank of approving officer (not below the rank of superintendent)

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 July 2009.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

S.I. No. 275 of 2009

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SURVEILLANCE) ACT 2009 (WRITTEN RECORD OF APPROVAL) (AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

24

th July

, 2009.

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 16(1) of the

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

(No. 19 of 2009) hereby make the following Regulations