Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996
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Regulations regarding officers of customs and excise. |
6.—(1) The Minister may, following consultation with the Minister for Finance, make regulations providing for the attendance of an officer of customs and excise at, and the participation of such an officer in, the questioning of a person detained under section 2 or under section 4 of the Act of 1984 in relation to a drug trafficking offence. | |
(2) An officer of customs and excise may not commit any act or make any omission which, if committed or made by a member of the Garda Síochána, would be a contravention of any regulation made under section 7 of the Act of 1984. | ||
(3) An act committed or omission made by an officer of customs and excise which, if committed or made by a member of the Garda Síochána would be a contravention of any regulation made under the said section 7 shall not of itself render the officer liable to any criminal or civil proceedings or of itself affect the lawfulness of the custody of the detained person or the admissibility in evidence of any statement made by him or her. | ||
(4) In this section “an officer of customs and excise” means a person appointed by the Revenue Commissioners under the Customs Acts and under the statutes which relate to the duties of excise or any instrument relating to duties of excise made under statute. | ||
(5) A draft of every regulation proposed to be made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House. |