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S.I. No. 114/2025 - Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Section 254(1)(n)) (Delegation of functions of Garda Commissioner) Regulations 2025
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Section 254(1)(n)) (Delegation of functions of Garda Commissioner) Regulations 2025.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 2 April 2025.
3. A reference in these Regulations –
(a) to a section is a reference to a section of the
Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
(No. 1 of 2024), and
(b) to the assignment of a member of An Garda Síochána to alternative duties shall have the same meaning as it has in Regulation 8 of the Conduct Regulations.
4. (1) Subject to
paragraph (2)
, the Garda Commissioner shall not delegate, under section 39, a function of the Garda Commissioner under the Conduct Regulations, other than to a member of An Garda Síochána of a rank not below the rank of Chief Superintendent.
(2) The Garda Commissioner shall not delegate, under section 39, the function of–
(a) suspending under section 48(1) or 50(3), for a period of greater than 10 days, a member of An Garda Síochána pursuant to Regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations, or
(b) assigning, for a period of greater than 10 days, a member of An Garda Síochána to alternative duties pursuant to Regulation 8 of the Conduct Regulations,
other than to a member of An Garda Síochána of a rank not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner.
The Government approves of the making of the foregoing Regulations.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,
25 March, 2025.
MICHEÁL MARTIN,
Taoiseach.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
2 April, 2025.
JIM O’CALLAGHAN,
Minister for Justice.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
8
th April,
2025.
I, JIM O’CALLAGHAN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 254
(1)(n) of the
Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
(No. 1 of 2024), having consulted with the Garda Commissioner and the Authority, and with the approval of the Government, hereby make the following Regulations