Maritime Security Act 2004
Number 29 of 2004
MARITIME SECURITY ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 22 November 2021
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Maritime Security Act 2004. 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 the Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Act 2021 (34/2021), enacted 24 November 2021, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 601 of 2021), made 17 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 29 of 2004
MARITIME SECURITY ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 22 November 2021
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
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Extra-territorial jurisdiction.
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Power of arrest and detention.
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Delivery of detained person to authorities in Convention state.
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Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1967.
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Amendment of Extradition (Amendment) Act 1994.
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Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, done at Rome on 10 March 1988
Protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf, done at rome on 10 march 1988
Acts Referred to
Bail Act 1997
Continental Shelf Act 1968
Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000
Criminal Procedure Act 1967
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003
Extradition Act 1965
Extradition (Amendment) Act 1994
Extradition Acts 1965 to 2001
Mercantile Marine Act 1955
Number 29 of 2004
MARITIME SECURITY ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 22 November 2021
AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION, DONE AT ROME ON 10 MARCH 1988, AND TO THE PROTOCOL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF FIXED PLATFORMS LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, DONE AT ROME ON THAT DATE. [19th July 2004]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: