Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
Number 2 of 1994
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PUBLIC ORDER) ACT 1994
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 2 of 1994
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PUBLIC ORDER) ACT 1994
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(11)). The Acts in this group are:
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (2/1994)
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (16/2003)
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011 (5/2011)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(11) and the amendment to Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 provided for in s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6
Vagrancy Acts 1824 to 1994: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (2/1994), s. 1(2). The Acts in this group are:
• Vagrancy Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 83), as applied to Ireland by Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112), s. 15
• Housing Act 1988 (28/1988), s. 28
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (2/1994), s. 12
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Criminal Justice Act 2017 (14/2017)
• Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)
• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013)
• Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 (17/2008)
• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007)
• Prisons Act 2007 (10/2007)
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (16/2003)
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (9/2002)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (50/2001)
• Bail Act 1997 (16/1997)
All Acts up to and including Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (13/2020), enacted 6 August 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 480 of 2011)
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (Sections 23A and 23B) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 266 of 2009)
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (Sections 23A and 23B) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 363 of 2008)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020), made 26 August 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 2 of 1994
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PUBLIC ORDER) ACT 1994
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
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Section |
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Offences Relating to Public Order
Offences Relating to Entering and Occupying Land Without Consent
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Entry on and occupation of land or bringing onto or placing an object on land without consent. |
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Refusing or failing to give name or address or failure to comply with direction. |
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Crowd Control at Public Events
Miscellaneous and Repeals
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Application of section 23A in relation to offence under section 4. |
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Enactments Repealed
Number 2 of 1994
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PUBLIC ORDER) ACT 1994
REVISED
Updated to 26 August 2020
AN ACT TO ABOLISH CERTAIN COMMON LAW OFFENCES RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN STATUTORY OFFENCES RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER IN LIEU THEREOF, TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL POWERS OF CROWD CONTROL BY MEMBERS OF THE GARDA SÍOCHÁNA IN, OR OF CONTROL BY SUCH MEMBERS OF ACCESS TO, THE VICINITY OF CERTAIN EVENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR OFFENCES RELATING THERETO, TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER AND TO FINES AND TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN OFFENCES AND FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW AND ADMINISTRATION. [3rd March, 1994]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
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A number of instruments refer to offences under this Act as disqualifying or potentially disqualifying offences, or as otherwise meriting certain treatment. They are:
• Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 484 of 2015), reg. 7
• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), ss. 30, 31 and sch. part 2 item 2
• Housing (Incremental Purchase) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 252 of 2010), reg. 6
• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), ss. 25, 26 and sch. 2 para. 10
E2
Conviction of certain offences under ss. 4-8, 8A(4), 9 and ss. 14-19 excluded from exemption from disclosure by National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (47/2012), s. 14A and sch. 3 as inserted (29.04.2016) by Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), ss. 21, 29, S.I. No. 215 of 2016.