Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996
Number 31 of 1996
CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 10 April 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. 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.
All Acts up to and including Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023), enacted 5 April 2023, and all statutory instruments up to and including Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 163 of 2023), made 5 April 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 31 of 1996
CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 10 April 2023
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 Assets Bureau Acts 1996 and 2005: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Proceeds of Crime Act 2005, s. 1(3)). The Acts in the group are:
• Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 (31/1996)
• Proceeds of Crime Act 2005 (1/2005), Part 3
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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
• Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (33/2022)
• Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (31/2010)
• Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010)
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (7/2008)
• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007)
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)
• Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005 (1/2005)
• Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (31/1999)
• Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997)
All Acts up to and including Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023), enacted 5 April 2023, 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) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism) 2006 (S.I. No. 242 of 2006)
• Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 (Establishment Day) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 310 of 1996)
All statutory instruments up to and including Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 163 of 2023), made 5 April 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 31 of 1996
CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 10 April 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Number 31 of 1996
CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU ACT 1996
REVISED
Updated to 10 April 2023
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BODY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU AND TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS AND TO AMEND THE FINANCE ACT, 1983, AND THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN TAX, INTEREST AND PENALTIES ACT, 1993, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [11th October, 1996]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: