Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 168/2009
• Year: 2009

S.I. No. 168 of 2009

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1984 (ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF INTERVIEWS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th May, 2009.

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (No. 22 of 1984) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 298 of 1997 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. Regulation 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1997 ) is amended by the insertion of the following after the definition of “the Act of 1996”:

“ ‘the Act of 2007’ means the Criminal Justice Act 2007 (No. 29 of 2007);”.

3. Regulation 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) Regulations 1997 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (2):

“(2) These Regulations shall apply to interviews, including the taking and reading back of statements, that take place in a station with persons who have been detained under—

(a) section 30 or 30A (inserted by section 11 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998)) of the Act of 1939,

(b) section 4 of the Act of 1984,

(c) section 2 of the Act of 1996,

(d) section 2 of the Act of 1996 as modified by section 4(3) of that Act,

(e) section 50 of the Act of 2007, or

(f) section 50 of the Act of 2007 as modified by section 51(3) of that Act.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 April 2009

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations amend the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) Regulations 1997.