Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Act 2014
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Powers of member of Garda Síochána | ||
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3. (1) A member of the Garda Síochána may, where it appears to him or her that a person in a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place and in which a child, or a person who appears to be a child, is present, is smoking a tobacco product— | ||
(a) require the driver to stop the vehicle, and | ||
(b) demand of any person in the vehicle whom the member suspects of committing an offence under section 2 , his or her name and address. | ||
(2) A person who— | ||
(a) fails to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle in compliance with subsection (1)(a), or | ||
(b) on a demand being made of him or her under subsection (1)(b), fails or refuses to give his or her name and address or gives information which is false or misleading, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence. |