Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 2019
Number 27 of 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION) ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 2 April 2025
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act 2019. 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 27 of 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION) ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 2 April 2025
CONTENTS
Section
2. Designation of United Kingdom inquest
4. Amendment of section 20 of European Arrest Warrant Act 2003
5. Power to enter into agreements with relevant persons or bodies outside the State
6. Amendment of section 51 of Act of 2005
8. Amendment of section 107 of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008
Acts Referred to
Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23)
Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9)
Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 (No. 20)
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 40)
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7)
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7)
Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (No. 45)
Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20)
Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011
Number 27 of 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION) ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 2 April 2025
An Act to provide for the taking of evidence in the State from a member of the Garda Síochána for the purposes of certain inquests and inquiries held in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; to permit the Garda Síochána to enter into agreements for co-operation with certain persons or bodies outside the State; to permit the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to enter into agreements for co-operation with law enforcement agencies or certain other persons or bodies outside the State; and for those purposes and other purposes, to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005; to amend the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003; to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008; and to provide for related matters.
[23rd July, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: