7. Section 10 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (8), by the substitution of “divisional headquarters or which has been designated by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána for the purposes of this subsection” for “divisional or district headquarters”,

(b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (8), by the substitution of “headquarters or is designated under paragraph (a)” for “headquarters”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(8A) A designation under subsection (8)(a) shall be in writing and the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána shall cause a list of the Garda Síochána stations so designated to be published.”.