Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024
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Powers of Garda Síochána | ||
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4. (1) A member of the Garda Síochána who believes, with reasonable cause, that a person has engaged, is engaging or will engage in conduct referred to in subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of section 2 in a safe access zone may issue a warning to the person, which warning shall inform the person that— | ||
(a) the person, the subject of the warning, is in a safe access zone, | ||
(b) his or her conduct is, or if engaged in would be, conduct prohibited by this Act in a safe access zone, | ||
(c) because of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), he or she must cease engaging or not engage, as the case may be, in the conduct referred to in subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of section 2 , and | ||
(d) if he or she continues to engage or engages in such conduct, he or she will be committing an offence. | ||
(2) Where a member of the Garda Síochána issues a warning pursuant to subsection (1), the member shall record in writing the issuing of the warning, which record shall include the time, date and particulars of the warning and the person to whom the warning has been issued. | ||
(3) A member of the Garda Síochána may, for the purposes of recording a warning under subsection (2), require a person referred to in that subsection to state his or her name and address. | ||
(4) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant a person whom the member has reasonable cause for believing is committing or has committed an offence under subsection (1) or (2) of section 5 . | ||
(5) The powers of a member of the Garda Síochána under this section are in addition to and not in substitution for any powers which may be exercised by a member of the Garda Síochána by or under any other enactment or otherwise. |