Criminal Justice Act 2006

Enactment Date16 July 2006
Act Number26


Number 26 of 2006


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 30 March 2021


This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Justice Act 2006. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), enacted 30 March 2021, and all statutory instruments up to and including the European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2031), made 26 March 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.


Number 26 of 2006


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 30 March 2021


Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was first passed.

Related legislation

Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009), s. 1(2)). The Acts in the group are:

Firearms Act 1925 (17/1925)

Firearms Act 1964 (1/1964)

Firearms (Proofing) Act 1968 (20/1968) (from 1.01.1991 onwards, the Firearms (Proofing) Act 1968 (20/1968) is excluded from the collective citation)

Firearms Act 1971 (13/1971)

Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (12/1990), Part II

Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act 1998 (32/1998), other than s.2

Firearms (Firearms Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000 (20/2000), other than s.4

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), Part 5 and sch. 1

Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), Part 6

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009), Part 4

The European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 362 of 1993), as amended, also deal with firearms.

Explosives Acts 1875 and 2006: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), s. 1(5)). The Acts in the group are:

Explosives Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vic., c. 17)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), Part 6 and sch. 2

Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2017: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017 (7/2017), s. 13(2)). The Acts in the group are:

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (12/1977)

Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 (18/1984)

Criminal Justice Act 1999 (10/1999)

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (3/2006), Part 2

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), Part 8 other than s. 86

Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), Part 5

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 (6/2015)

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016 (9/2016)

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017 (7/2017)

Children Acts 2001 to 2021: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Children (Amendment) Act 2021 (6/2021), s. 2(2)). The Acts in this group are:

Children Act 2001 (24/2001)

Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75, in so far as it amends the Children Act 2001

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), Part 12

Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007 (26/2007), Part 3 (except s. 21) and s. 1(3)

Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011), ss. 27, 32, 33, 37 to 45 and 47

Children (Amendment) Act 2015 (30/2015), Parts 1 and 2

Children (Amendment) Act 2021 (6/2021)

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions. A version without annotations, showing only textual amendments, is also available.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1974, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (4/2017)

Prisons Act 2015 (57/2015)

Children (Amendment) Act 2015 (30/2015)

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014)

Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014)

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014)

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 (7/2014)

Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013)

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (24/2012)

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 (24/2011)

Criminal Justice Act 2011 (22/2011)

Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011)

Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (27/2010)

Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (32/2009)

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009)

Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007)

Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007 (26/2007)

Bail Act 1997 (16/1997)

Offences Against the State Act 1939 (13/1939)

Firearms Act 1925 (17/1925)

All Acts up to and including Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), enacted 30 March 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2021)

Housing (Tenant Purchase of Apartments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 679 of 2011)

Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 493 of 2010)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Electronic Monitoring Devices) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 409 of 2010)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 336 of 2010)

Housing (Incremental Purchase) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 252 of 2010)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 309 of 2009)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 848 of 2007)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 600 of 2007)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 65 of 2007)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 25 of 2007)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 5) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 689 of 2006)

Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of persons in custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 641 of 2006)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 622 of 2006)

Children Act 2001 (Amendments to Part 11) (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 590 of 2006).

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 586 of 2006)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 529 of 2006)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 390 of 2006)

European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 362 of 1993)

Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of persons in custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 119 of 1987)

All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2021), made 26 March 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Court decisions which affect or previously affected this revision

Moore v DPP [2016] IEHC 244


Number 26 of 2006


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 30 March 2021


Amendment of Firearms Act 1964

Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 1984

Amendment of Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990


Acts Referred to

Bail Act 1997

1997, No. 16

Child Care Act 1991

1991, No. 17

Children Act 1908

8 Edw. 7., c. 67

Children Act 2001

2001, No. 24

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

1961, No. 39

Courts of Justice Act 1924

1924, No. 10

Courts of Justice Act 1928

1928, No. 15

Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996

1996, No. 31

Criminal Evidence Act 1992...

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