Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013
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Preservation of relevant material. |
30.— (1) subsection (2) applies to a relevant person and relevant material— | |
(a) upon and after the establishment of a Part 2 inquiry and regardless of whether the relevant material came into the relevant person’s possession or control after the establishment of the inquiry, and | ||
(b) before the establishment of the inquiry in circumstances where it can reasonably be inferred that the establishment of the inquiry must have been apprehended by the relevant person. | ||
(2) The relevant person shall preserve the relevant material— | ||
(a) until the finalisation of the final report of the Part 2 inquiry concerned or upon the termination of the inquiry, whichever first occurs, or | ||
(b) if, before the final report has been finalised or before the termination of the inquiry— | ||
(i) a tribunal is established to inquire into all or part of the matter the subject of the inquiry, until the tribunal has completed its inquiry, or | ||
(ii) a commission is established to investigate all or part of the matter the subject of the inquiry, until the commission has completed its investigation. | ||
(3) In this section— | ||
“ relevant material”, in relation to a Part 2 inquiry, means a document, or other information in any form, relating to any matter within the terms of reference for the inquiry; | ||
“ relevant person ”, in relation to relevant material, means a person who has the relevant material in his or her possession or control. |