Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 62/2022 Official bill number / year
Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 10 Jun 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Changes section 8 of Garda Síochána Act 2005 from "institute and conduct" to "institute or conduct" prosecutions in summary courts.
- Allows a different Garda member to conduct a prosecution initiated by another member, rather than requiring the same member.
- Applies retroactively to prosecutions instituted before or after the amendment comes into force.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil10 Jun 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil14 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil14 Jun 2022
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil15 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil15 Jun 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad15 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad16 Jun 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad16 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad16 Jun 2022
- Enacted17 Jun 2022
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