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Other amendments to Act of 2005.
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43.— The Act of 2005 is amended—
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(a) in section 11(2), by the substitution of “, Deputy Garda Commissioner or Assistant Garda Commissioner” for “Deputy Garda Commissioner”,
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(b) in section 15, by the addition of the following subsection:
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“(6) A reserve member is a volunteer and does not perform his or her functions as such a member under a contract of employment.”,
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(c) in section 39—
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(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “or a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission” after “rank”, and
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(ii) in subsections (3) and (4), by the insertion of “or designated officer” after “rank”,
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(d) in section 44—
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(i) in subsection (2)(a), by the insertion of “or a member of the civilian staff of the Garda Commissioner of a grade equivalent to that of Deputy Garda Commissioner” after “Deputy Garda Commissioner”, and
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(ii) by the addition of the following subsection:
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“(7) The audit committee may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy in its membership, including a vacancy that results in subsection (2) not being complied with.”,
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(e) in section 47(3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
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“(a) the period beginning on 1 July 2007 and ending 3 months after that date, and”,
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(f) in section 75(3)(c), by the insertion of “chairperson of the” after “the”,
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(g) in section 79(10), by the insertion of “Commission” after “Ombudsman”,
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(h) in section 82(2), by the substitution of “under the provisions” for “under the provision”,
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(i) in section 94(7), by the substitution of “may have been committed” for “has been committed”,
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(j) in section 98(1), by the deletion of “, in relation to the member of the Garda Síochána under investigation,”,
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(k) in section 99(1), by the deletion of “in the prescribed form”,
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(l) in section 117(6)(b), by the substitution of “with such police service or” for “with any”, and
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(m) in section 122(1)(h), by the insertion of “, including the retirement ages of reserve members and other ranks in the Garda Síochána” after “members”.
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