Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009
Public bill · Government · Presented
Updates Ireland’s rules on European arrest warrants and the Schengen Information System, allowing quicker electronic transmission of documents, arrest based on alerts, and information-sharing with stronger data-protection oversight. It also tightens firearms controls, including rules for realistic imitation guns, imports, licensing and public possession, while increasing penalties for carrying knives and restricting some short firearms and shooting activities. Other changes cover bail, Garda forensic evidence, theft-related equipment, extradition and court appeals.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to give further effect to the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States, and to give effect to the Council Decision 2007/533/JHA of 12 June 2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System, and for those and other purposes to amend the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, extend the application of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and amend the Extradition Act 1965, to amend the law relating to the regulation and control of firearms and ammunition and for that and other purposes to amend the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2007, to amend certain other enactments and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
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