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Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act
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19. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) Subject to subsection (6) —
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(a) not later than 6 months after the establishment day of the Authority, and
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(b) not later than 3 months before the expiry of the period to which the previous strategy statement relates,
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the Garda Commissioner shall submit to the Authority for its approval (with the consent of the Minister) a strategy statement for the Garda Síochána and for policing services for the following 3 years.”,
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(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of “must be prepared in such form and manner as the Minister may direct and”,
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(c) in subsection (3) —
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(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
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“(b) the priorities determined by the Authority under section 20 relating to policing services and any priorities that may be determined by the Minister under section 20A relating to security services;”,
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(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “relates;” for “relates, and”,
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(iii) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “efficient use of those resources;” for “efficient use of those resources.”, and
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(iv) by the addition of the following paragraph:
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“(e) the policing principles.”,
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(d) in subsection (4), by—
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(i) the substitution of “The Authority shall, with the consent of the Minister, approve” for “The Minister shall approve”, and
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(ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
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“(b) with such amendments as the Authority with the consent of the Minister, after consulting with the Garda Commissioner, may determine.”,
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(e) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):
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“(5) As soon as practicable after the approval of the strategy statement under subsection (4), the Authority shall send a copy of the approved strategy statement to the Minister and the Minister shall cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after he or she receives it.”,
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and
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(f) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “The Authority” for “The Minister”.
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