{"id":28210,"date":"2023-10-25T22:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=28210"},"modified":"2024-03-24T23:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:02:45","slug":"28210-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Offenders Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Sex_Offenders_Obligations\" title=\"Sex Offenders Obligations\">Sex Offenders Obligations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Civil_Sex_Offender_Order\" title=\"Civil Sex Offender Order\">Civil Sex Offender Order<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Sex_Offenders_Register\" title=\"Sex Offenders Register\">Sex Offenders Register<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Obligation_to_Notify_Gardai\" title=\"Obligation to Notify Gardai\">Obligation to Notify Gardai<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Offences_Covered\" title=\"Offences Covered\">Offences Covered<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Obligations_to_Notify_Certain_Information\" title=\"Obligations to Notify Certain Information\">Obligations to Notify Certain Information<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Notification_Requirements\" title=\"Notification Requirements.\">Notification Requirements.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Discharge_from_Obligation\" title=\"Discharge from Obligation\">Discharge from Obligation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Offences_in_connection_with_notification_requirements\" title=\"Offences in connection with notification requirements\">Offences in connection with notification requirements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Certificate_as_evidence\" title=\"Certificate as evidence\">Certificate as evidence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Sex_Offenders_Amendment_Act_2021\" title=\"Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2021\">Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2021<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/#Strengthened_Notification_Requirements\" title=\"Strengthened Notification Requirements\">Strengthened Notification Requirements<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#SEX_OFFENDERS_ACT_2001\" title=\"SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2001\">SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2001<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Interpretation_general\" title=\"Interpretation (general).\">Interpretation (general).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Sexual_offences_for_purposes_of_Act\" title=\"Sexual offences for purposes of Act.\">Sexual offences for purposes of Act.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Application_of_amendments_made_by_Sex_Offenders_Amendment_Act_2023\" title=\"Application of amendments made by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023\">Application of amendments made by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Regulations\" title=\"Regulations.\">Regulations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Obligations_of_Sex_Offenders_to_Notify_Certain_Information\" title=\"Obligations of Sex Offenders to Notify Certain Information\">Obligations of Sex Offenders to Notify Certain Information<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Persons_subject_to_the_requirements_of_this_Part\" title=\"Persons subject to the requirements of this Part.\">Persons subject to the requirements of this Part.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Period_for_which_person_is_subject_to_requirements_of_this_Part_and_related_matters\" title=\"Period for which person is subject to requirements of this Part and related matters.\">Period for which person is subject to requirements of this Part and related matters.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Supply_of_information_to_facilitate_compliance_with_this_Part\" title=\"Supply of information to facilitate compliance with this Part.\">Supply of information to facilitate compliance with this Part.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Notification_requirements\" title=\"Notification requirements.\">Notification requirements.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Power_of_Garda_Siochana_to_take_fingerprints_palm_prints_and_photographs_of_persons_subject_to_requirements_of_Part\" title=\"Power of Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs of persons subject to requirements of Part\">Power of Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs of persons subject to requirements of Part<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Discharge_from_obligation_to_comply_with_requirements_of_this_Part\" title=\"Discharge from obligation to comply with requirements of this Part.\">Discharge from obligation to comply with requirements of this Part.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Offences_in_connection_with_notification_requirements-2\" title=\"Offences in connection with notification requirements.\">Offences in connection with notification requirements.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Application_of_this_Part_to_persons_convicted_outside_State\" title=\"Application of this Part to persons convicted outside State.\">Application of this Part to persons convicted outside State.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Certificate_as_evidence_of_persons_being_subject_to_requirements_of_this_Part\" title=\"Certificate as evidence of person&#8217;s being subject to requirements of this Part.\">Certificate as evidence of person&#8217;s being subject to requirements of this Part.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Assessment_and_Management_of_Risk_Posed_by_Sex_Offenders\" title=\"Assessment and Management of Risk Posed by Sex Offenders\">Assessment and Management of Risk Posed by Sex Offenders<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Risk_assessment_and_management_team\" title=\"Risk assessment and management team\">Risk assessment and management team<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Regulations_in_relation_to_risk_assessment_and_management_teams\" title=\"Regulations in relation to risk assessment and management teams\">Regulations in relation to risk assessment and management teams<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Disclosure_of_information_relating_to_relevant_offender_where_offender_poses_risk_of_harm\" title=\"Disclosure of information relating to relevant offender where offender poses risk of harm\">Disclosure of information relating to relevant offender where offender poses risk of harm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Notice_of_proposed_disclosure_of_information_to_relevant_offender_concerned\" title=\"Notice of proposed disclosure of information to relevant offender concerned\">Notice of proposed disclosure of information to relevant offender concerned<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Publication_of_information_in_certain_circumstances\" title=\"Publication of information in certain circumstances\">Publication of information in certain circumstances<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Record_of_disclosure_or_publication_to_be_maintained\" title=\"Record of disclosure or publication to be maintained\">Record of disclosure or publication to be maintained<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Power_of_Commissioner_to_conduct_research_and_publish_information\" title=\"Power of Commissioner to conduct research and publish information\">Power of Commissioner to conduct research and publish information<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Sex_Offenders_Orders\" title=\"Sex Offenders Orders\">Sex Offenders Orders<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Definitions_Part_3\" title=\"Definitions (Part 3).\">Definitions (Part 3).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Sex_offender_orders\" title=\"Sex offender orders.\">Sex offender orders.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#C5_Prospective_affecting_provision\" title=\"C5 \nProspective affecting provision\">C5 \nProspective affecting provision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Taking_effect_of_sex_offender_order\" title=\"Taking effect of sex offender order.\">Taking effect of sex offender order.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Effect_of_appeal_from_order\" title=\"Effect of appeal from order.\">Effect of appeal from order.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Discharge_or_variation_of_sex_offender_order\" title=\"Discharge or variation of sex offender order.\">Discharge or variation of sex offender order.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Court_jurisdiction_and_venue\" title=\"Court jurisdiction and venue.\">Court jurisdiction and venue.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Provisions_in_relation_to_evidence_and_proceedings_under_this_Part\" title=\"Provisions in relation to evidence and proceedings under this Part.\">Provisions in relation to evidence and proceedings under this Part.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Rules_of_court\" title=\"Rules of court.\">Rules of court.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Amendment_of_Civil_Legal_Aid_Act_1995\" title=\"Amendment of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.\">Amendment of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Provision_of_Information_for_Employment_Purposes\" title=\"Provision of Information for Employment Purposes\">Provision of Information for Employment Purposes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Interpretation_Part_4\" title=\"Interpretation (Part 4).\">Interpretation (Part 4).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Failure_to_inform_employer_etc_of_sexual_offence_conviction\" title=\"Failure to inform employer, etc., of sexual offence conviction.\">Failure to inform employer, etc., of sexual offence conviction.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-50\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Prohibition_on_Working_with_Children_and_Vulnerable_Persons\" title=\"Prohibition on Working with Children and Vulnerable Persons\">Prohibition on Working with Children and Vulnerable Persons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-51\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Interpretation_Part_4A\" title=\"Interpretation (Part 4A)\">Interpretation (Part 4A)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-52\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Part_4A_without_prejudice_to_Part_5\" title=\"Part 4A without prejudice to Part 5\">Part 4A without prejudice to Part 5<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-53\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Duty_of_court_to_consider_imposition_of_sentence_involving_prohibition\" title=\"Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving prohibition\">Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving prohibition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-54\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Power_of_court_to_impose_prohibition\" title=\"Power of court to impose prohibition\">Power of court to impose prohibition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-55\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Duty_of_court_to_explain_effect_of_sentence_to_offender\" title=\"Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender\">Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-56\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Discharge_or_variation_of_prohibition\" title=\"Discharge or variation of prohibition\">Discharge or variation of prohibition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-57\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Non-compliance_with_prohibition\" title=\"Non-compliance with prohibition\">Non-compliance with prohibition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-58\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Post-Release_Supervision_for_Sex_Offenders\" title=\"Post-Release Supervision for Sex Offenders\">Post-Release Supervision for Sex Offenders<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-59\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Interpretation_Part_5\" title=\"Interpretation (Part 5).\">Interpretation (Part 5).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-60\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Duty_of_court_to_consider_imposition_of_sentence_involving_post-release_supervision\" title=\"Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving post-release supervision.\">Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-61\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Power_of_court_to_impose_sentence_involving_post-release_supervision\" title=\"Power of court to impose sentence involving post-release supervision.\">Power of court to impose sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-62\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Additional_provisions_which_may_be_included_in_sentence_involving_post-release_supervision\" title=\"Additional provisions which may be included in sentence involving post-release supervision.\">Additional provisions which may be included in sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-63\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Power_of_court_to_amend_conditions_or_include_new_conditions\" title=\"Power of court to amend conditions or include new conditions\">Power of court to amend conditions or include new conditions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-64\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#C9_Prospective_affecting_provision\" title=\"C9 \nProspective affecting provision\">C9 \nProspective affecting provision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-65\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Duty_of_court_to_explain_effect_of_sentence_to_offender-2\" title=\"Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender.\">Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-66\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Discharge_or_variation_of_requirements_relating_to_supervision_period\" title=\"Discharge or variation of requirements relating to supervision period.\">Discharge or variation of requirements relating to supervision period.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-67\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Non-compliance_with_requirements_relating_to_supervision_period\" title=\"Non-compliance with requirements relating to supervision period.\">Non-compliance with requirements relating to supervision period.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-68\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Legal_representation_for_complainants\" title=\"Legal representation for complainants.\">Legal representation for complainants.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-69\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Further_amendments_of_Civil_Legal_Aid_Act_1995\" title=\"Further amendments of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.\">Further amendments of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-70\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Proof_of_foreign_conviction_in_certain_cases\" title=\"Proof of foreign conviction in certain cases.\">Proof of foreign conviction in certain cases.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-71\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Amendment_of_section_2_of_Act_of_1990\" title=\"Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1990.\">Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1990.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-72\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/28210-2\/2\/#Sexual_Offences_for_Purposes_of_Act\" title=\"Sexual Offences for Purposes of Act\">Sexual Offences for Purposes of Act<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sex_Offenders_Obligations\"><\/span>Sex Offenders Obligations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Sex Offenders Act 2001 aims to prevent certain persons from having access to children. It creates a Sex Offender&#8217;s register. Civil court orders may also be made against offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The notification obligations apply to the sexual offences committed against children. The duration of the notification obligation is linked to the length of sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Offenders must notify the Garda\u00ed of their names and addresses and of any changes. They must notify, visits abroad for more than 10 days. The notification obligations also apply to offenders entering the State from abroad.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Civil_Sex_Offender_Order\"><\/span>Civil Sex Offender Order<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A civil sex offender order may be applied for by the Garda\u00ed to the court. Where an offender whose behaviour in the community gives reasonable cause for concern, the order may issue. \u00a0The order may prohibit the offender from living in certain places at specific times.<\/p>\n<p>Breach of the terms of the order is subject to prosecution on indictment with a maximum five year term of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>There is the provision for post-release supervision during the terms of the maximum imprisonment period. This is administered by the probation service. Requirements may be made in respect of counselling and treatment. A requirement may be made to check the offender from doing things that are deemed necessary to prevent the risk of harm to the public.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence for offenders to seek work that will involve contact with children without informing their employer of the conviction.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sex_Offenders_Register\"><\/span>Sex Offenders Register<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While the term Sex Offenders Register is commonly used in Ireland, there is in fact no such formal register. If a person is convicted of a sexual offence under the Act, a Certificate of Conviction is issued from the relevant court to the Sex Offender Management and Intelligence Unit (SOMIU) and the convicted sex offender is recorded on the Garda PULSE (Police Using Leading Systems Effectively) system.<\/p>\n<p>The SOMIU maintains a record of everyone in the State who has been convicted of certain sexual offences and has obligations under the Sex Offenders Act 2001. A Garda Inspector in each division is nominated to manage the risk of sex offenders in their community, ensure sex offenders comply with the Act and report information to SOMIU.<\/p>\n<p>A Certificate of Conviction states that the convicted person is subject to the requirements of the Sex Offenders Act, 2001. The Garda Sex Offender Management and Intelligence Unit (SOMIU) also receive a copy of the Sex Offenders Notification Form from the Garda station where the sex offender lives. This form has the sex offender\u2019s address and other details that they are required to provide to the Garda\u00ed under the Act.<\/p>\n<p>The details of everyone subject to the requirements of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 are held centrally by the SOMIU and these documents are commonly known as the Sex Offenders Register. Information on post-release supervision is available in our document &#8216;Monitoring sex offenders in Ireland&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Obligation_to_Notify_Gardai\"><\/span>Obligation to Notify Gardai<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The main purpose of the Sex Offenders Act is to impose a requirement on certain sex offenders to notify the Garda Siochana of their name(s) and address(es) and any changes to those details in order to ensure that the information in that respect contained within the Garda Siochana national computer is kept fully up to date.<\/p>\n<p>The Act also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>creates a new civil court order against sex offenders whose behaviour in the community gives the Garda Siochana reasonable cause for concern that the order is necessary to protect the public from serious harm from him or her;<\/li>\n<li>creates a new offence for sex offenders who seek or accept work involving unsupervised contact with children without informing the employer of their conviction;<\/li>\n<li>provides for the post-release supervision of sex offenders by the Probation and Welfare Service; and<\/li>\n<li>introduces separate legal representation for complainants in rape and other serious sexual assault cases during applications to adduce evidence or cross-examine on the complainant\u2019s past sexual experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Offences_Covered\"><\/span>Offences Covered<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>With the exceptions detailed below, the offences referred to in the Schedule to the Act will be the sexual offences to which the Act will apply. The offences listed in the Schedule will therefore be the offences which will trigger the notification requirement etc.<\/p>\n<p>The list is comprehensive, with the emphasis on those offences which are most applicable to the protection of children against sexual abuse. It also includes certain offences such as rape, aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault which can be committed against both children and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Act aims to target the child sex abuser and the serious sex offender, a number of offences that would otherwise attract the notification obligation are exempted.<\/p>\n<p>The offences of sexual assault and incest in cases where the victim was 17 years of age or more and the convicted person was not sentenced to imprisonment for the offence are exempted. Consensual teenage sexual activity where the victim is between 15 and 17 years of age and the other party to the offence is no more than 3 years older than the victim is also exempted.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing referred to in the Act or for the purpose of enabling any provision of the Act to have full effect. It also provides that any such regulations will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Obligations_to_Notify_Certain_Information\"><\/span>Obligations to Notify Certain Information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The \u2018\u2018relevant date\u2019\u2019 is the date from which the sex offender is subject to the notification requirements, as the date of conviction for the sexual offence concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The notification requirements apply to all persons convicted of a qualifying sexual offence after the Act comes into force. It also applies to persons convicted of a qualifying offence before the Act came into force where sentence has yet to be determined and after sentence has been imposed where the offender was still in custody in prison or the Central Mental Hospital or is on temporary release. Persons whose sentence is otherwise still in force, for example, persons subject to community service orders or persons on bail pending appeal are subject to the requirement to register.<\/p>\n<p>The Act notification periods which apply under this Part. These are<\/p>\n<p>a minimum 5 year period for those convicted and sentenced to a non-custodial sentence or a fully suspended sentence;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a 7 year period for those sentenced to a custodial sentence of 6 months or less;<\/li>\n<li>a 10 year period for those sentenced to a custodial sentence of between 6 months and 2 years; and<\/li>\n<li>a lifetime notification obligation for those sentenced to more than 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The periods that would otherwise be applicable, be they 5, 7, or 10 years, are halved for offenders under eighteen years of age at time of sentence. In the case of consecutive terms for two or more qualifying offences, the period will be the aggregate of those terms. In the case of concurrent terms, it will be the aggregate of those terms less any deduction necessary to ensure that no period is counted more than once.<\/p>\n<p>Provision is made for the notification requirements to cease where a conviction is quashed on appeal or otherwise. Provision is also made for an increase or reduction in the notification period where a sentence is varied on appeal.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notification_Requirements\"><\/span>Notification Requirements.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Act defines the nature of the notification requirements. Initially an offender must, either by personal attendance at a major Garda station or by written notice, notify his\/her name and home address to the Garda Siochana within 10 days of becoming subject to the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter he\/she must, again within 10 days of the event, notify the Garda Siochana of any subsequent changes to his\/her name or address and any other address at which he\/she spends a qualifying period (defined as 10 days or 2 or more periods which taken together amount to 10 days or more) in any 12 month period.<\/p>\n<p>Persons who leave the State for an intended continuous period of 10 days or more at a time must inform the Garda\u00ed\u00b4 in advance of their leaving. If the person, when leaving, did not intend to remain outside the State for a continuous period of 10 days, but does, he\/she must so inform the Garda\u00b4\u0131 within a further 10 days. The notification requirement will not apply during any period the person concerned is either in custody in prison or in the Central Mental Hospital or temporarily released.<\/p>\n<p>There is power for \u00a0the Garda\u00ed to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs of persons subject to the notification requirements. It also provides for the destruction of fingerprints, palm prints and photographs.<\/p>\n<p>There are \u00a0new notification requirements into the offences and the insertion of a new offence of failing or refusing to allow finger prints, palm prints or photographs to be taken.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Discharge_from_Obligation\"><\/span>Discharge from Obligation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A person who is subject to the lifetime notification requirement may apply to the Circuit Court for an order discharging him or her from the obligation to comply with those requirements on the ground that the interests of the common good are no longer served by his or her continuing to be subject to them.<\/p>\n<p>Such an application may be made after 10 years have elapsed from the applicant\u2019s date of release from prison and the applicant is required to notify the Garda Siochana of his\/her intention to make such an application. The superintendent, to whom such application would be made, or any other member of the Garda Siochana is entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of the application and will in the event of the court making an order discharging the applicant from the obligation, be notified by the Court of the discharge.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Offences_in_connection_with_notification_requirements\"><\/span>Offences in connection with notification requirements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The 2001 Act makes failure to comply with the notification requirements or the provision of false or misleading information a summary offence (for which there is a provision for a defence of reasonable excuse for failure to so comply). =<\/p>\n<p>Application of this Part to persons convicted outside State).<\/p>\n<p>The Act extends to persons who have been convicted of sex offences abroad who, at the time of the conviction or thereafter, become resident for a qualifying period in this country. There must be comparability between the offence to which the foreign conviction applies, and offences covered by the Act.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Act reduces the notification period to 3 days from 7 days for those who have been convicted outside the State who, at the time of the conviction or thereafter, become resident for a qualifying period in the State.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Certificate_as_evidence\"><\/span>Certificate as evidence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The court will immediately on conviction of an offender for a relevant offence, notify the Garda Siochana that the offender is subject to the notification requirements. The minimum 5 year notification period will apply until the sentence is determined. Once sentence is determined, the court will notify the Garda Siochana of the precise notification period applicable in the individual case by way of the issue of a second certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the certificate(s) will also be issued by the court to the convicted person and to the person in charge of the place where the convicted person is detained (e.g., prison Governor\/Director of Central Mental Hospital) and the Probation and Welfare Service, as appropriate.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sex_Offenders_Amendment_Act_2021\"><\/span>Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2021<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The primary purpose of the legislation is to make changes to the Sex Offenders Act 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The main features of the Act are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Changes to the notification requirements for sex offenders, including a reduction of the notification period from 7 to 3 days;<\/li>\n<li>Providing powers to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs to confirm the identity of the person making a notification;<\/li>\n<li>Creating a legislative basis for the assessment and management of risk posed by sex offenders across teams involving probation officers, Garda\u00ed and Tusla;<\/li>\n<li>Providing for the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to disclose information relating to convicted sex offenders, in extenuating circumstances (for example, where there is a serious threat to public safety);<\/li>\n<li>Providing a power for a court to prohibit a sex offender from working with children;<\/li>\n<li>Introducing electronic monitoring of certain sex offenders, to assist in ensuring an offender\u2019s compliance with a sex offender order or a post-release supervision order; and<\/li>\n<li>Allowing the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to apply for the discharge and variation of a sex offender order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Provisions of the Act<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Act substitutes the definition of \u201ca vulnerable person\u201d for \u201cmentally impaired\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court may \u00a0determine the period for which a person who is aged under 18 at the time of the commission of the offence is subject to the notification requirements of Part 2. This term shall not exceed 5 years.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Strengthened_Notification_Requirements\"><\/span>Strengthened Notification Requirements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The 2023 Act strengthens the existing notification requirements. It provides that an offender must attend at a Garda station to notify his\/her name, previous name(s) and home address to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na within 3 days of becoming subject to the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter he\/she must, within 3 days of the event, notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of any subsequent changes to his\/her name or address and any other address at which he\/she spends a qualifying period (defined as 3 days or 2 or more periods which taken together amount to 3 days or more) in any 12 month period.<\/p>\n<p>Persons who leave the State for an intended continuous period of 3 days or more at a time must inform the Garda\u00ed in advance of their leaving. He\/she must also provide the Garda\u00ed with the address of each place they are staying and the date he\/she intends to return to the State.<\/p>\n<p>If the person, when leaving, did not intend to remain outside the State for a continuous period of 3 days, but does, he\/she must so inform the Garda\u00ed within a further 3 days. This notification can be done in writing. If an offender has not made a notification in the previous 12 months, he\/she must do so no later than 7 days after the end of that 12 month period.<\/p>\n<p>If a member of the Garda\u00ed is not satisfied that the person making the notification has a home address, the person shall notify the member of where he\/she intends to reside that night and must continue to update the member of where he\/she intends to spend the night every 3rd day thereafter or as prescribed by the Garda\u00ed until the member is satisfied that he\/she has acquired a home address.<\/p>\n<p>Where a person who is subject to the notification requirement has a disability such that he\/she is unable to attend in person and provides a written certificate from a medical practitioner to this effect, the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shall make arrangements for the notification to be taken at the person\u2019s home or any other place.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>SEX OFFENDERS ACT 2001<\/h2>\n<p>REVISED<\/p>\n<p>Updated to 13 November 2023<\/p>\n<p>AN ACT TO REQUIRE, IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMON GOOD. THE NOTIFICATION OF INFORMATION TO THE GARDA S\u00cdOCH\u00c1NA BY PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED CERTAIN SEXUAL OFFENCES; IN THOSE INTERESTS TO IMPOSE, OR ENABLE THE IMPOSITION OF, CERTAIN OTHER REQUIREMENTS ON SUCH PERSONS (INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ASSIST IN THEIR REHABILITATION); TO ENABLE CERTAIN COMPLAINANTS TO BE HEARD AND LEGALLY REPRESENTED IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 3 OR 4 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT, 1981, TO AMEND SECTION 2 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [30th June, 2001]<\/p>\n<p>BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C1<br \/>\nApplication of Act restricted (2.06.2006) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (15\/2006), s. 3(10), commenced on enactment.<\/p>\n<p>Defilement of child under the age of 17 years<\/p>\n<p>3.\u2014 \u2026<\/p>\n<p>(10) A person who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) has been convicted of an offence under this section, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) is not more than 24 months older than the child under the age of 17 years with whom he or she engaged or attempted to engage in a sexual act,<\/p>\n<p>shall not be subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Act 2001.<\/p>\n<p>PART 1<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary and General<\/p>\n<p>Short title and commencement.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u2014(1) This Act may be cited as the Sex Offenders Act, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Notes:<\/p>\n<p>E1<br \/>\nPower pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (27.09.2001) by Sex Offenders Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 426 of 2001), reg. 2.<\/p>\n<p>2. The 27th day of September, 2001, is fixed as the day on which the Sex Offenders Act, 2001 (No. 18 of 2001), shall come into operation.<\/p>\n<h4>Interpretation (general).<\/h4>\n<p>2. \u2014(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct of 1861\u201d means the Offences against the Person Act, 1861;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct of 1908\u201d means the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct of 1935\u201d means the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct of 1990\u201d means the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct of 1993\u201d means the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993;<\/p>\n<p>F1[&#8220;children detention school&#8221; has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Children Act 2001;]<\/p>\n<p>F1[&#8220;Commissioner&#8221; means the Commissioner of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cconviction\u201d (other than in sections 12, 22, 26(8) and 33) includes a finding of guilty but insane and \u201cconvicted\u201d and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccourt\u201d means any court exercising criminal jurisdiction and includes court-martial;<\/p>\n<p>F2[&#8220;imprisonment&#8221; includes detention in the Central Mental Hospital and &#8220;prison&#8221; shall be construed accordingly;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister\u201d means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform;<\/p>\n<p>F1[&#8220;probation officer&#8221; means a person appointed by the Minister to be a probation officer;]<\/p>\n<p>F1[&#8220;Probation Service&#8221; means those officers of the Minister assigned to perform functions in the part of the Department of State for which the Minister is responsible, commonly known by that name;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cremission from the sentence\u201d means, in relation to the sentence imposed on a person, the remission which the person may earn from the sentence under the rules or practice whereby prisoners generally may earn remission of sentence by industry and good conduct;<\/p>\n<p>\u201csentence\u201d includes a sentence of imprisonment and any other order made by a court in dealing with a convicted person, including\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) an order under section 2(2) of the Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) an order postponing sentence;<\/p>\n<p>\u201csexual offence\u201d shall be construed in accordance with F2[ section 3;]<\/p>\n<p>F1[&#8220;vulnerable person&#8221; means a person, other than a child, whose capacity to guard himself or herself against violence, exploitation or abuse, whether physical, sexual or emotional, by another person is significantly impaired through\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a physical disability, illness or injury,<\/p>\n<p>(b) a disorder of the mind, whether as a result of mental illness or dementia, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) an intellectual disability.]<\/p>\n<p>(2) In this Act\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a reference to a Part, section or Schedule is to a Part or section of, or a Schedule to, this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,<\/p>\n<p>(b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, adapted or extended by or under any enactment.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F1<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 3(c), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F2<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 3(a), (b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<h4>Sexual offences for purposes of Act.<\/h4>\n<p>3. \u2014(1) Each of the offences referred to in the Schedule shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3), be a sexual offence for the purposes of this Act.<\/p>\n<p>(2) An offence referred to in\u2014<\/p>\n<p>F3[(a) paragraph 2 of the Schedule (sexual assault or indecent assault), other than an offence of sexual assault or indecent assault of a person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was F4[a vulnerable person],]<\/p>\n<p>(b) paragraph 5 of the Schedule (incest by males),<\/p>\n<p>(c) paragraph 6 of the Schedule (incest by females of or over 17 years of age), or<\/p>\n<p>(d) paragraph 18, 19 or 20 of the Schedule in so far as it relates to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),<\/p>\n<p>shall not be a sexual offence for the purposes of this Act if\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the victim of or, as the case may be, the other party to the offence was aged, at the date of the offence&#8217;s commission, 17 years or more, and<\/p>\n<p>F3[(ii) the person guilty of the offence\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(I) is, for the time being, the subject of an order of the court remanding him or her on bail or in custody pending the passing of sentence, or<\/p>\n<p>(II) has not, in respect of the offence, been sentenced to any punishment involving deprivation of liberty for a limited or unlimited period of time or been made subject to any measure involving such deprivation of liberty.]<\/p>\n<p>(3) An offence referred to in\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) paragraph 8 of the Schedule (defilement of girl between 15 and 17 years of age),<\/p>\n<p>(b) paragraph 11 of the Schedule (buggery of persons under 17 years of age),<\/p>\n<p>(c) paragraph 12 of the Schedule (gross indecency with males under 17 years of age), or<\/p>\n<p>(d) paragraph 18, 19 or 20 of the Schedule in so far as it relates to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),<\/p>\n<p>shall not be a sexual offence for the purposes of this Act if\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the victim of or, as the case may be, the other party to the offence was aged, at the date of the offence&#8217;s commission, 15 years or more but less than 17 years, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the person guilty of the offence was aged, at that date, not more than 3 years older than that victim or other party.<\/p>\n<p>F5[(4) F6[\u2026]]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F3<br \/>\nSubstituted (7.06.2008) by Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (8\/2008), s. 13(a)(i), (ii), commenced as per s. 15(2).<\/p>\n<p>F4<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 4(a), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F5<br \/>\nInserted (7.06.2008) by Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (8\/2008), s. 13(a)(iii), commenced as per s. 15(2).<\/p>\n<p>F6<br \/>\nDeleted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 4(b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F7[<\/p>\n<h4>Application of amendments made by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023<\/h4>\n<p>3A. \u2014(1) An amendment of this Act made by the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 shall apply in respect of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) persons who are convicted\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) of a sexual offence, or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) in a place outside the State, of an offence, and the act constituting that offence would, if done in the State, constitute a sexual offence under the law of the State,<\/p>\n<p>whether the person is so convicted before or after the coming into operation of the amendment,<\/p>\n<p>(b) sex offender orders (within the meaning of Part 3), whether made before or after the coming into operation of the amendment, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) sentences involving post-release supervision (within the meaning of Part 5), whether imposed before or after the coming into operation of the amendment.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Any legal proceedings (civil or criminal) in respect of a right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under, or an offence against or contravention of, a relevant provision of this Act before the date of the coming into operation of section 5 of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 may, on or after that date, be instituted, continued or enforced, and any penalty, forfeiture or punishment in respect of such offence or contravention may be imposed and carried out, as if the said provision had not been amended by the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023.<\/p>\n<p>(3) In this section, &#8220;relevant provision of this Act&#8221; means a provision of this Act that is amended by the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F7<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 5, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<h4>Regulations.<\/h4>\n<p>4. \u2014(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or for the purpose of enabling any provision of this Act to have full effect.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Every regulation F8[under this Act] shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F8<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 6, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>Expenses.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u2014The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.<\/p>\n<p>PART 2<\/p>\n<h4>Obligations of Sex Offenders to Notify Certain Information<\/h4>\n<p>\u201crelevant date\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u2014In this Part, \u201crelevant date\u201d means the date of conviction for the sexual offence concerned.<\/p>\n<h4>Persons subject to the requirements of this Part.<\/h4>\n<p>7. \u2014(1) Without prejudice to subsection (2) and section 13 and 16(7), a person is subject to the requirements of this Part if he or she is convicted of a sexual offence after the commencement of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A person is also subject to the requirements of this Part if he or she has been convicted of a sexual offence before the commencement of this Part and, at that commencement, either\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the sentence to be imposed on the person in respect of the offence has yet to be determined, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) a sentence has been imposed on the person in respect of the offence and\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the person is serving the sentence in prison,<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the person is temporarily released under section 2 or 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1960, or<\/p>\n<p>(iii) the sentence is otherwise still in force or current.<\/p>\n<h4>Period for which person is subject to requirements of this Part and related matters.<\/h4>\n<p>8. \u2014(1) A person who, by reason of section 7, is subject to the requirements of this Part shall be so subject for the period referred to F9[in subsection (3) or specified by the court pursuant to subsection (4), as the case may be,] or, in the case of a person referred to in section 7(2), so much (if any) of that period as falls after the commencement of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 11.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The period mentioned in subsection (1) is the period, beginning with the relevant date, of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) an indefinite duration if the sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence concerned is one of imprisonment for life or for a term of more than 2 years,<\/p>\n<p>(b) 10 years if the sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence concerned is one of imprisonment for a term of more than 6 months but not more than 2 years,<\/p>\n<p>(c) 7 years if the sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence concerned is one of imprisonment for a term of 6 months or less, or<\/p>\n<p>(d) 5 years if the sentence imposed on the person\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) is one of imprisonment for any term, the operation of the whole of which is suspended (but, if the operation of that term is revived by the court, whichever of the preceding paragraphs is appropriate shall apply instead of this subparagraph), or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) is otherwise than one of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>F9[(4) If\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a sentence is imposed on a person in respect of a sexual offence, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) at the time of the commission of the offence concerned, the person was aged under 18 years,<\/p>\n<p>the court shall, in imposing the sentence, specify the period for which the person shall be subject to the requirements of this Part, which period shall not exceed 5 years, having regard to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the nature and circumstances of the offence concerned, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the degree of risk, if any, that the offender may commit a subsequent sexual offence.]<\/p>\n<p>subsection (3) shall have effect in relation to that person as if for the references to 10 years, 7 years and 5 years in that subsection there were substituted references to 5 years, 3\u00bd years and 2\u00bd years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>(5) If a sentence of imprisonment for any term is imposed on the person referred to in subsection (1) in respect of the offence concerned and the operation of a part of that term is suspended\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the part of that term the operation of which is not suspended shall be regarded as the term of imprisonment imposed on that person for the purposes of subsection (3) (but, if the operation of the first-mentioned part of that term is revived by the court, whichever of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (3) is appropriate shall apply without regard to this paragraph),<\/p>\n<p>(b) the preceding paragraph extends to a case in which that suspension is provided for subsequent to the imposition of the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>(6) If a person is or has been sentenced in respect of 2 or more sexual offences and the sentences imposed are consecutive or partly concurrent then subsection (3) shall have effect as if\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) in the case of consecutive sentences, the sentence imposed in respect of each of the offences were or had been a sentence equal to the aggregate of those sentences,<\/p>\n<p>(b) in the case of partly concurrent sentences, the sentence imposed in respect of each of the offences were or had been a sentence equal to the aggregate of those sentences after making such deduction as is necessary to ensure that no period of time is counted more than once.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Without prejudice to section 11 , a person shall cease to be subject to the requirements of this Part if the conviction in respect of the offence concerned is quashed on appeal or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>(8) A reference in this section to a sentence imposed on a person shall, if the sentence is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to the sentence as so varied and, accordingly, the period for which a person is subject to the requirements of this Part, by reason of this section, shall stand reduced or increased, as the case may be, in the event that such a variation is made which results in the sentence falling into a different paragraph of subsection (3) than it did before the variation.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F9<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 7(a), (b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<h4>Supply of information to facilitate compliance with this Part.<\/h4>\n<p>9. \u2014The person for the time being in charge of the place where a person subject to the requirements of this Part is ordered to be imprisoned in respect of an offence (whether or not the offence that gave rise to the person&#8217;s being subject to those requirements) shall notify in writing\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) before the date on which the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the person in respect of the first-mentioned offence expires or, as the case may be, the person&#8217;s remission from the sentence begins (\u201cthe date of release\u201d), the person that he or she is subject to the requirements of this Part, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) at least 10 days before the date of release, the Commissioner of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of the fact that that expiry or remission will occur in relation to the person.<\/p>\n<h4>Notification requirements.<\/h4>\n<p>10. \u2014(1) A person who is subject to the requirements of this Part shall, before the end of the period of F10[3 days] beginning with the relevant date, or, if that date is prior to the commencement of this Part, that commencement, notify to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na\u2014<\/p>\n<p>F10[(a) his or her name on the date on which the notification is given,]<\/p>\n<p>F11[(aa) where he or she also uses, or at any time previously used, one or more other names, each of those names, and]<\/p>\n<p>(b) his or her F10[home address on the date on which the notification is given].<\/p>\n<p>(2) A person who is subject to those requirements shall also, before the end of the period of F10[3 days] beginning with\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the person&#8217;s using a name which is not the name, or one of the names, last previously notified by him or her to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na under this section,<\/p>\n<p>(b) any change of his or her home address,<\/p>\n<p>(c) the person&#8217;s having resided or stayed, for a qualifying period, at any place in the State, the address of which has not been notified to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na under this section as being his or her current home address, or<\/p>\n<p>(d) the person&#8217;s returning to an address F10[in the State on a date other than that notified under subsection (3)(c)], having, immediately prior to such return, been outside the State for a continuous period of F10[3 days] or more,<\/p>\n<p>notify that name, the effect of that change, the address of that place or, as the case may be, F10[the fact of that return and the address to which the person has returned] to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na.<\/p>\n<p>F12[(3) If a person who is subject to the requirements of this Part intends to leave the State for a continuous period of 3 days or more, he or she shall notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) that intention,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the address of each place outside the State at which he or she intends to reside or stay, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) the date on which he or she intends to return to the State.]<\/p>\n<p>(4) If a person who is subject to the requirements of this Part is outside the State for a continuous period of F12[3 days] or more and did not intend, on leaving the State, to be outside the State for such a continuous period, the person shall, subject to subsection (5), notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, before the expiry of a further period of F12[3 days], reckoned from the F12[3rd day] that he or she is so outside the State, of that fact and the address of the place at which he or she is residing or staying outside the State.<\/p>\n<p>F11[(4A) A person may give a notification under subsection (4)\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) by sending, by post, a written notification of the matters concerned to any Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station which is a divisional headquarters or which has been designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) by such other means as may be prescribed.]<\/p>\n<p>(5) Subsection (4) shall not apply if the person concerned has returned to the State before the expiry of the further period of F12[3 days] mentioned in that subsection.<\/p>\n<p>(6) A notification given to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na by any person shall not be regarded as complying with subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) unless it also states the person&#8217;s\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) date of birth,<\/p>\n<p>(b) name on the relevant date and, where he or she used one or more other names on that date, each of those names, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) home address on the relevant date.<\/p>\n<p>F11[(6A) Without prejudice to subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4), a person who is subject to the requirements of this Part shall notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (aa) and (b) of subsection (1) and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (6)\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) not later than 3 days after the coming into operation of section 8 (g) of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023,<\/p>\n<p>(b) where the person gives a notification under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) and does not give another such notification in the 12 month period thereafter, not later than 7 days after the end of that 12 month period, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) where a person has not given a notification under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) in the 12 month period after the giving of a notification under paragraph (a) or (b), not later than 7 days after the end of that 12 month period.]<\/p>\n<p>(7) For the purpose of determining any period for the purposes of subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4), there shall be disregarded any time when the person concerned is\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) remanded in custody,<\/p>\n<p>(b) serving a sentence F12[in prison,]<\/p>\n<p>F13[(ba) detained in a children detention school, or]<\/p>\n<p>(c) temporarily released under section 2 or 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1960.<\/p>\n<p>F13[(7A) Where a person gives a notification under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) and the member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to whom the notification is given is not satisfied that the person has a home address or that the person is currently residing or staying at such home address (other than in circumstances where the person has given a notification to that effect under subsection (2)(c)), the member shall inform that person in writing that he or she shall be required to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of the specific location of the place in the State where he or she intends to reside or stay at on the night of that notification, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) subject to subsection (7B), continue to notify the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na on every 3rd day thereafter of the specific location of the place in the State where he or she intends to reside or stay at on the night of that notification,<\/p>\n<p>until such time as the member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to whom the notification is being given informs the person that he or she is satisfied that the person has acquired a home address or has returned to his or her home address in the State.]<\/p>\n<p>F13[(7B) A member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector may, in respect of a person to whom subsection (7A) applies, specify such period of more or less than 3 days for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that subsection as he or she is satisfied is appropriate, having regard to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the interests of public safety, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) the safety of a particular member of the public,<\/p>\n<p>and where such a period is so specified, the member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na informing a person under that subsection shall so inform the person.]<\/p>\n<p>F13[(7C) Subject to subsection (7D), a person who is required to give a notification under this section (other than under subsection (4)) shall do so by attending in person at any Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station which is a divisional headquarters or which has been designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section and notifying orally a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na at the station of the matters concerned.]<\/p>\n<p>F13[(7D) Where a person who is required to give a notification under this section (other than under subsection (4))\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) has a disability such that he or she is unable to give the notification in person, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) provides a written certificate signed by a person who is a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 to that effect to the member in charge of any Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station which is a divisional headquarters or which has been designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section not later than the day before the date by which the notification is required to be given,<\/p>\n<p>the member in charge shall arrange for the notification concerned to be given orally to a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) at the person\u2019s home, or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) at any other place as may be agreed with the member in charge.]<\/p>\n<p>(8) F14[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>(9) Proof of the sending by post of F15[a written notification under this section] shall, in any proceedings for an offence under section 12(1)(a), lie on the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>(10) A notification under this section shall be acknowledged in writing and that acknowledgement shall be in such form as may be prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>F13[(10A) A designation of a Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section shall be in writing and the Commissioner shall cause a list of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na stations so designated to be published.]<\/p>\n<p>(11) In this section\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201chome address\u201d, in relation to any person, means the address of his or her sole or main residence or, if he or she has no such residence, his or her most usual place of abode or, if he or she has no such abode, the place which he or she regularly F15[stays];<\/p>\n<p>\u201cqualifying period\u201d means\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a period of F15[3 days], or<\/p>\n<p>(b) 2 or more periods, in any period of 12 months, which (taken together) amount to F15[3 days].<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F10<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 8(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (b)(i), (ii), (iii), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F11<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 3(a)(ii), (e), (g), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F12<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 8(c), (d)(i), (ii), (f), (h)(i), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F13<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 8(h)(ii), (i), (l), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F14<br \/>\nDeleted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 8(j), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F15<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 8(k), (m)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F16<br \/>\nInserted by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7\/2022), s. 7(c), not commenced as of date of revision, subjection to transitional provisions in s. 25. Note that subs. (8) is deleted, rendering this provision obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C2<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: subs. (8A) inserted by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7\/2022), s. 7(c), not commenced as of date of revision, subjection to transitional provisions in s. 25. Note that subs. (8) is deleted, rendering this provision obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>F16[(8A) A designation under subsection (8)(a) shall be in writing and the Commissioner of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shall cause a list of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na stations so designated to be published.]<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Notes:<\/p>\n<p>E2<br \/>\nPrevious affecting provision: subss. (8)(a), (b) amended by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7\/2022), s. 7(a), (b), not commenced; subsection deleted (13.11.2023) as per F-note above.<\/p>\n<p>F17[<\/p>\n<h4>Power of Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs of persons subject to requirements of Part<\/h4>\n<p>10A. \u2014(1) Where a person is subject to the requirements of this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na may, at any convenient place, take the fingerprints, palm prints or photograph of that person, within 7 days of the relevant date or the date of the giving of a notification under subsection (1), (2), (3), (4), (6A) or (7A) of section 10, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of sergeant may require, in writing, that person to attend, within 7 days of the relevant date or the date of the giving of a notification under subsection (1), (2), (3), (4), (6A) or (7A) of section 10, at a named Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station for the purpose of having his or her fingerprints, palm prints or photograph taken.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Where a person has made it impracticable for his or her fingerprints, palm prints or photograph to be taken within the period of 7 days referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of sergeant may require (or in the case of a person attending a Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station pursuant to a requirement under this section, further require) in writing, that person to attend at a named Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station on a specified day for the purpose of having his or her fingerprints, palm prints or photograph taken.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na may take the fingerprints, palm prints or photograph of a person on his or her attendance at a Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station pursuant to a requirement under this section.<\/p>\n<p>(4) A fingerprint, palm print or photograph (&#8220;the first-mentioned fingerprint, palm print or photograph&#8221;) of a person taken pursuant to a requirement under this section shall, if not previously destroyed, be destroyed\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) where a fingerprint, palm print or photograph, as the case may be, of the person is otherwise retained by the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na under this or any other enactment, not later than 3 months from the date on which the first-mentioned fingerprint, palm print or photograph of the person is taken, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) where a fingerprint, palm print or photograph, as the case may be, of the person is not otherwise so retained, not later than 3 months from the date on which the person ceases to be subject to the requirements of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(5) A person who is required under subsection (4) to destroy, or cause to be destroyed, a fingerprint, palm print or photograph shall ensure that the fingerprint, palm print or photograph, every copy thereof and every record relating to the fingerprint, palm print or photograph in so far as it identifies the person from or of whom the fingerprint, palm print or photograph has been taken, are destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>(6) The power conferred by this section is without prejudice to any other power exercisable by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to take, or cause to be taken, the fingerprints, palm prints or photograph of a person or to require a person to attend at a Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>(7) In this section, &#8220;record&#8221;, in relation to a fingerprint, palm print or photograph, includes a copy of a record.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F17<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 9, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<h4>Discharge from obligation to comply with requirements of this Part.<\/h4>\n<p>11. \u2014(1) A person who, by reason of sections 7 and 8, is subject to the requirements of this Part for a period of an indefinite duration may apply to the court for an order discharging the person from the obligation to comply with those requirements on the ground that the interests of the common good are no longer served by his or her continuing to be subject to them.<\/p>\n<p>(2) An application under this section shall not be made before the expiration of the period of 10 years from the date of the applicant&#8217;s release from prison.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The applicant shall, not later than the beginning of such period before the making of the application as may be prescribed, notify the superintendent of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na of the district in which he or she ordinarily resides or has his or her most usual place of abode of his or her intention to make an application under this section.<\/p>\n<p>(4) That superintendent or any other member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shall be entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of that application.<\/p>\n<p>(5) On the hearing of an application under this section, the court shall, if satisfied that the interests of the common good would no longer be served by the applicant&#8217;s continuing to be subject to the requirements of this Part, make an order discharging the applicant from the obligation to comply with those requirements.<\/p>\n<p>(6) In considering an application under this section, the court may require to be adduced, in such form as it thinks appropriate, evidence (including expert evidence) with regard to whether or not the interests of the common good would any longer be served by the applicant&#8217;s continuing to be subject to the requirements of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(7) If the court makes an order discharging the applicant from the obligation to comply with the requirements of this Part, the court shall cause the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to be notified, in writing, of that discharge.<\/p>\n<p>(8) The jurisdiction of the court in respect of an application under this section may be exercised by the judge of the circuit where the applicant ordinarily resides or has his or her most usual place of abode.<\/p>\n<p>(9) Proceedings under this section shall be heard otherwise than in public.<\/p>\n<p>(10) In this section\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201capplicant\u201d means the person referred to in subsection (1);<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccourt\u201d means the Circuit Court;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cdate of the applicant&#8217;s release from prison\u201d means the date on which the applicant&#8217;s sentence of imprisonment referred to in section 8(3) expires or, as the case may be, his or her remission from the sentence begins.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F18<br \/>\nSubstituted by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7\/2022), s. 4(1) and sch. 1 ref. 20, not commenced as of date of revision, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 13, 26.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C3<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: subs. (3) amended by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7\/2022), s. 4(1) and sch. 1 ref. 20, not commenced as of date of revision, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 13, 26.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The applicant shall, not later than the beginning of such period before the making of the application as may be prescribed, notify F18[a superintendent of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na in the Garda division] in which he or she ordinarily resides or has his or her most usual place of abode of his or her intention to make an application under this section.<\/p>\n<h4>Offences in connection with notification requirements.<\/h4>\n<p>12. \u2014(1) A person who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1), (2), F19[(3), (4), (6A) or (7A)] of section 10, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) notifies to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, in purported compliance with that subsection (1), (2), F19[(3), (4), (6A) or (7A)], any information which he or she knows to be false or misleading in any respect,<\/p>\n<p>shall be guilty of an offence.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A person is guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a) on the day on which he or she first fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1), (2), F19[(3), (4), (6A) or (7A)], as the case may be, of section 10 and continues to be guilty of it throughout any period during which the failure continues; but a person shall not be prosecuted under that provision more than once in respect of the same failure.<\/p>\n<p>F20[(2A) A person who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) refuses to allow his fingerprints, palm prints or photograph to be taken pursuant to section 10A, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) fails or refuses, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under section 10A(2) to attend at a Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na station named under that section within the time period specified for the purposes of having his or her fingerprints, palm prints or photograph taken,<\/p>\n<p>shall be guilty of an offence.]<\/p>\n<p>F21[(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding \u20ac5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding \u20ac10,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.]<\/p>\n<p>(4) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(a) a statement on oath by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na referred to in subsection (5) that no notification of the matters concerned was given by the defendant to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na F19[by the means referred to in subsection (4A), (7C) or (7D) of section 10] shall, until the contrary is shown, be evidence that no such notification was given by the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>(5) The member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na referred to in subsection (4) is a member not below the rank of sergeant who, from his or her evidence to the court, the court is satisfied\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) is familiar with the systems operated by the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for recording the fact that particular information has been received by them, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) has made all proper inquiries in ascertaining whether a notification by the defendant of the matters concerned was received by the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F19<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 10(a), (c), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F20<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 10(b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F21<br \/>\nSubstituted (7.06.2008) by Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (8\/2008), s. 13(b), commenced as per s. 15(2). A fine of \u20ac5,000 translates into a class A fine, not exceeding \u20ac5,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8\/2010), ss. 3, 4(3), S.I. No. 662 of 2010.<\/p>\n<h4>Application of this Part to persons convicted outside State.<\/h4>\n<p>13. \u2014(1) If\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a person has been convicted, in a place other than the State of an offence,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the act constituting the offence concerned would, if done in the State, constitute a sexual offence (within the meaning of this Act) under the law of the State, and either\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the person would, accordingly, be subject to the requirements of this Part by reason of subsection (1) or (2) of section 7, or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) at the commencement of this Part, the person, as a person who has been convicted of the first-mentioned offence in paragraph (a), is required, under the law of the first-mentioned place in that paragraph (however that requirement is described in that law), to notify to the police in that place information of a similar nature to that required to be notified by a person otherwise subject to the requirements of this Part,<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>(c) the person is, at the time of the conviction, or thereafter becomes, resident in the State,<\/p>\n<p>that person shall be deemed to be subject to the requirements of this Part and this Part shall, subject to subsection (2), apply accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>F22[(2) For the purposes of such application, section 10 shall have effect as if for subsection (1) there were substituted the following subsection:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(1) A person who is subject to the requirements of this Part shall, before the end of the period of 3 days beginning with\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) in case the person is already resident in the State upon his or her so first returning and paragraph (c) does not apply, the date on which the person first returns to the State after being convicted of the offence concerned,<\/p>\n<p>(b) in case the person is not so resident and paragraph (c) does not apply, the date on which the person first becomes resident in the State after being convicted of the offence concerned, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) in case the date on which the person so first returns to, or becomes resident in, the State is prior to the coming into operation of section 11 of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023, the date of such coming into operation,<\/p>\n<p>notify to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) his or her name on the date on which the notification is given,<\/p>\n<p>(ii) where he or she also uses, or at any time previously used, one or more other names, each of those names,<\/p>\n<p>(iii) his or her home address on the date on which the notification is given,<\/p>\n<p>(iv) the address of each other place (if any), whether in or outside the State, at which, on the date on which the notification is given, he or she resides or regularly stays, and<\/p>\n<p>(v) the address of each other place (if any), whether in or outside the State, at which the person has resided or regularly stayed since the date on which he or she was convicted of the offence concerned.&#8221;.]<\/p>\n<p>(3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be resident in the State if he or she is ordinarily resident, or has his or her principal residence, in the State, or is in the State for a qualifying period.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Where a person to whom this section applies is charged with an offence under section 12, he or she shall, whether or not he or she would be treated for the purposes of section 12 as having a reasonable excuse apart from this subsection, be treated for those purposes as having a reasonable excuse if he or she believed that the act constituting the offence referred to in subsection (1) would not, if done in the State, constitute any sexual offence (within the meaning of this Act) under the law of the State.<\/p>\n<p>(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), it is immaterial whether a belief is justified or not if it is honestly held.<\/p>\n<p>(6) In this section\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cpolice\u201d means, in relation to the first-mentioned place in subsection (1), any police force in that place, or a member thereof, whether that force is organised at a national, regional or local level;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cqualifying period\u201d has the same meaning as it has in section 10.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F22<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 11, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<h4>Certificate as evidence of person&#8217;s being subject to requirements of this Part.<\/h4>\n<p>14. \u2014(1) If the conviction, after the commencement of this Part, of a person for an offence gives rise to his or her becoming subject to the requirements of this Part, the court before which he or she is convicted of the offence shall forthwith, after the conviction, issue to each of the persons referred to in subsection (5) a certificate stating\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) that the person has been convicted of the offence,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the sentence, if any, imposed on the person in respect of the offence, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) that the person has become subject to the requirements of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(2) If a sentence is imposed on a person in respect of the offence referred to in subsection (1) after a certificate relating to that offence has been issued under that subsection, the court which imposed the sentence shall forthwith, after the imposition of the sentence, issue to each of the persons referred to in subsection (5) a certificate stating the sentence that has been imposed on the person.<\/p>\n<p>(3) If\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the conviction referred to in subsection (1) is quashed on appeal or otherwise, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) the sentence imposed on foot of that conviction is varied on appeal or otherwise,<\/p>\n<p>the court which quashes the conviction or varies the sentence shall forthwith, after the quashing of the conviction or the variation of the sentence, issue to each of the persons referred to in subsection (5) a certificate stating that the conviction has been quashed or stating the variation that has been made in the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>(4) A certificate purporting to be issued under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall, in any proceedings, be evidence of the matters stated in it without proof of the signature of the officer of the court purporting to sign it or that that person was authorised to sign it.<\/p>\n<p>(5) The persons referred to in subsections (1), (2) and (3) are\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the person convicted of the offence concerned, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) where appropriate, the person for the time being in charge of the place where the convicted person is ordered to be imprisoned or, as the case may be, F23[the Probation Service].<\/p>\n<p>(6) The mode of proving a conviction or sentence authorised by subsection (4) shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other authorised mode of proving such conviction or sentence.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Rules of court may make provision in relation to the form of certificates under this section and the manner in which they may be issued.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F23<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 12, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F24[Part 2A<\/p>\n<h4>Assessment and Management of Risk Posed by Sex Offenders<\/h4>\n<p>Interpretation (Part 2A)<\/p>\n<p>14A. \u2014(1) In this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Act of 2005&#8221; means the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Act 2005 ;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;housing authority&#8221; has the same meaning as it has in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;relevant information&#8221;, in relation to a relevant offender, means any information concerning him or her that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) is necessary to carry out a proper assessment of the risk of the harm posed by him or her to the public, or a member of the public, or for the management of that risk, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) is appropriate and proportionate for the purposes of that assessment or management;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;relevant offender&#8221; means\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a person who is subject to the requirements of Part 2,<\/p>\n<p>(b) a person for whom Part 2 has effect under section 16(7), or<\/p>\n<p>(c) a person who has been convicted of a sexual offence and who is under the supervision of a probation officer;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;risk assessment and management team&#8221; shall be construed in accordance with section 14B(1).<\/p>\n<p>(2) This Part is without prejudice to any power in any other enactment or under any other law to provide or to receive information.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F24<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F25[<\/p>\n<h4>Risk assessment and management team<\/h4>\n<p>14B. \u2014(1) A member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector and a probation officer not below the grade known as Senior Probation Officer may, where they are satisfied, in relation to a relevant offender, that it is necessary to do so, establish a team of persons (in this Part referred to as a &#8220;risk assessment and management team&#8221;) for the purpose of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the full and proper assessment of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender to the public or a member of the public, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) how that risk might be managed, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) the management of that risk.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A risk assessment and management team shall consist of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a representative of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, being a member not below the rank of inspector,<\/p>\n<p>(b) a representative of the Probation Service, being a probation officer not below the grade known as Senior Probation Officer, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) such of the following as the member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na and the Senior Probation Officer referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) consider appropriate, having regard to the expertise required to assess the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender, and to manage that risk effectively:<\/p>\n<p>(i) a representative of the Child and Family Agency;<\/p>\n<p>(ii) a representative of the Health Service Executive;<\/p>\n<p>(iii) a representative of the Irish Prison Service (being the prison service of the Department of Justice, which is charged with the management of prisons);<\/p>\n<p>(iv) a representative of any children detention school in which an offender was detained;<\/p>\n<p>(v) a representative of a housing authority;<\/p>\n<p>(vi) a representative of such other organisations or bodies as may be prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>(3) In prescribing an organisation or body for the purposes of subsection (2)(c)(vi), the Minister shall take into account\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the role played by the organisation or body in the assessment or management of the risk of harm posed by relevant offenders,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the need to protect the public, or a member of the public, from such risk, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) the role played by the organisation or body in providing and enabling access for relevant offenders to services that support the rehabilitation and reintegration into society of such offenders.<\/p>\n<p>(4) A member of a risk assessment and management team may share with the other members of the team any relevant information relating to the relevant offender concerned that is necessary for the purpose of accurately and effectively assessing or managing the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender.<\/p>\n<p>(5) A member of a risk assessment and management team may share with the organisation or body which he or she represents on the team any relevant information relating to the relevant offender concerned available to the team that is necessary for the purpose of accurately and effectively assessing or managing the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender.<\/p>\n<p>(6) An organisation or body with whom information is shared in accordance with subsection (5) may use or share that information with another party where, and to the extent, necessary for the purpose referred to in that subsection.<\/p>\n<p>(7) The risk assessment and management team may, for the purposes of the performance of its functions, consult with such persons as appear to it to be expert or knowledgeable in the assessment and management of the risk of harm posed by relevant offenders or by the relevant offender concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Where a risk assessment and management team consults with a person pursuant to subsection (7), it may share any relevant information relating to that offender available to the team that is necessary for such consultation and the person may use that information for the purposes of such consultation.<\/p>\n<p>(9) Information shared by a member of a risk assessment and management team under this section shall not be disclosed to any other person or body except in so far as information can be disclosed in accordance with this section or section 14D.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F25<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F26[<\/p>\n<h4>Regulations in relation to risk assessment and management teams<\/h4>\n<p>14C. \u2014(1) The Minister may by regulations make provision for such additional matters in relation to risk assessment and management teams, including their operation and functions, as appear necessary or expedient to him or her.<\/p>\n<p>(2) In making any such regulations, the Minister shall take into account\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the role and importance of risk assessment and management teams in the assessment and management of the risk of harm posed by relevant offenders,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the effective and efficient operation of the risk assessment and management process, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) the need to protect the public, and members of the public, from the risks being assessed and managed.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F26<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F27[<\/p>\n<h4>Disclosure of information relating to relevant offender where offender poses risk of harm<\/h4>\n<p>14D. \u2014(1) Subject to this Part, a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector (&#8220;the member concerned&#8221;) may, where he or she is satisfied that there is a risk of harm to the public, or a member of the public, due to the commission by a relevant offender of a sexual offence, authorise the disclosure of such of the following as he or she considers necessary to prevent that harm:<\/p>\n<p>(a) the name of the relevant offender;<\/p>\n<p>(b) a photograph of the relevant offender;<\/p>\n<p>(c) the address at which the relevant offender is residing or staying;<\/p>\n<p>(d) the nature of the sexual offence of which the relevant offender was convicted;<\/p>\n<p>(e) the level of risk posed by the relevant offender to the public or a member of the public;<\/p>\n<p>(f) such other information as the member considers necessary to avoid, mitigate or manage the risk.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A disclosure under this section may only be made to such persons in respect of whom the disclosure is necessary in order to prevent the harm referred to in subsection (1).<\/p>\n<p>(3) Subject to subsection (4), a disclosure under this section may only be authorised where the member concerned is satisfied that such disclosure is unlikely to result in\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) public disorder,<\/p>\n<p>(b) physical harm to a person,<\/p>\n<p>(c) damage to property, or<\/p>\n<p>(d) intimidation of, or threats to, a person.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply where the member concerned is satisfied that the harm referred to in subsection (1) of which the public, or a member of the public, is at risk is greater than any harm that may be caused by any of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (3) that result from the disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>(5) The member concerned may, when authorising the disclosure of information pursuant to this section\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) specify the purpose for which the information may be used by the person to whom it is being disclosed, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) impose such conditions relating to the further disclosure of the information by that person as the member considers appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Without prejudice to section 14E(3), for the purposes of subsection (1) or (4), the member concerned may have regard to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) any assessment by a risk assessment and management team of the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) any other information or material that the member considers of relevance.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F27<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F28[<\/p>\n<h4>Notice of proposed disclosure of information to relevant offender concerned<\/h4>\n<p>14E. \u2014(1) Subject to subsection (2), a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shall, in advance of making a disclosure under section 14D in respect of a relevant offender\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) inform the relevant offender\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) that such a disclosure is proposed, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) that he or she is entitled to make a submission in writing, in respect of whether the disclosure should be made, within 5 days or such other period as may be specified by the member where he or she considers it appropriate in the circumstances, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) provide, other than where such provision would undermine the purpose of the disclosure or would be prejudicial to the assessment and management of the risk of harm posed by the offender, to the relevant offender a summary of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the information that is proposed to be disclosed, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the reasons for making such disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the relevant offender has consented to the disclosure concerned,<\/p>\n<p>(b) having made reasonable efforts to do so, the relevant offender cannot be located, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) the member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is satisfied that there is an immediate need to make the disclosure concerned in order to prevent harm to the public or a member of the public.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shall, when making a decision as to whether to make a disclosure under section 14D, take into account any submissions made in that regard by the relevant offender pursuant to this section.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F28<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F29[<\/p>\n<h4>Publication of information in certain circumstances<\/h4>\n<p>14F. \u2014(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a relevant offender fails to comply with a requirement to which he or she is subject under Part 2 and the offender\u2019s whereabouts are unknown to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, a member not below the rank of inspector may, for the purpose of locating the offender or protecting the public, or a member of the public, from harm, authorise the publication of such of the following as appears to him or her to be necessary for that purpose:<\/p>\n<p>(a) any of the following in relation to the offender:<\/p>\n<p>(i) his or her name;<\/p>\n<p>(ii) his or her address;<\/p>\n<p>(iii) a description of him or her;<\/p>\n<p>(iv) his or her age;<\/p>\n<p>(v) a photograph of him or her;<\/p>\n<p>(vi) details of any distinguishing feature;<\/p>\n<p>(b) the fact that the offender is a relevant offender;<\/p>\n<p>(c) where available, information concerning the risk of harm posed by the offender or any other information which would assist in locating the offender or protecting the public, or a member of the public, from harm.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Information published under this section should be limited to that information necessary to locate the offender or to protect the public, or a member of the public, from harm.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F29<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F30[<\/p>\n<h4>Record of disclosure or publication to be maintained<\/h4>\n<p>14G. \u2014(1) Where a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na makes a decision to disclose information under section 14D, or to publish information under section 14F, the member shall compile and maintain a record of the decision made which shall include\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the reasons for making the decision,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the information which is disclosed or published under this Part,<\/p>\n<p>(c) in relation to information disclosed under section 14D, the name and address of the person to whom information is disclosed under this Part, and<\/p>\n<p>(d) in relation to information published under section 14F, the manner of such publication.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Where a record compiled and retained pursuant to subsection (1) is required to be shared with any person who is not a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, the record may be redacted by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector where, and to the extent, necessary\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) to protect the public, or a member of the public, from harm, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) to prevent any prejudice to the assessment and management of the risk of harm posed by the relevant offender concerned.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F30<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>F31[<\/p>\n<h4>Power of Commissioner to conduct research and publish information<\/h4>\n<p>14H. \u2014(1) The Commissioner may undertake, commission or assist in research projects related to any matter relevant to his or her functions in protecting the public, or members of the public, from the risk of harm posed by relevant offenders.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The Commissioner shall publish, or cause to be published, such information as he or she considers appropriate setting out the manner in which section 14D operates to permit the disclosure of information under that section.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Section 31 of the Act of 2005 shall apply to the function of the Commissioner under subsection (1) as it applies to his or her functions under that Act, subject to the modification that the reference in subsection (4) thereof to a provision of that Act shall be read as a reference to subsection (1).]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F31<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 13, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(a).<\/p>\n<p>PART 3<\/p>\n<h4>Sex Offenders Orders<\/h4>\n<h4>Definitions (Part 3).<\/h4>\n<p>15. \u2014In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201capplicant\u201d means a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank referred to in section 16 who has applied to the court for the making of a sex offender order and, in relation to such an order that is in force, means any member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na;<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccourt\u201d means the Circuit Court;<\/p>\n<p>\u201crespondent\u201d means a person in respect of whom an application for a sex offender order has been made or in respect of whom such an order has been made;<\/p>\n<p>\u201csex offender order\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 16.<\/p>\n<h4>Sex offender orders.<\/h4>\n<p>16. \u2014(1) If, on application to it in that behalf by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of Chief Superintendent, it appears to the court, on evidence tendered by the applicant, that the conditions specified in subsection (2) are satisfied in respect of the respondent, the court may make an order (in this Act referred to as a \u201csex offender order\u201d) prohibiting the respondent from doing one or more things specified in the order.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) are that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the respondent has been convicted, before or after the commencement of this Part, either\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) in the State of a sexual offence, or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) in a place outside the State of an offence and the act constituting that offence would, if done in the State, constitute a sexual offence (within the meaning of this Act) under the law of the State,<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>(b) the respondent has, at a time referred to in subsection (3), acted on one or more occasions in such a way as to give reasonable grounds for believing that an order under this section is necessary to protect the public from serious harm from him or her.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The time mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) is any time subsequent to the date of the respondent&#8217;s release from prison or, as the case may be, the date on which the sentence imposed on the respondent in respect of the offence referred to in that subsection otherwise ceases to be in force, being in either case a time after the commencement of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(4) A sex offender order shall contain only such prohibitions on the respondent&#8217;s doing a thing or things as the court considers necessary for the purpose of protecting the public from serious harm from the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>(5) References in this section to protecting the public from serious harm from the respondent shall be construed as references to protecting F32[the public, or a member of the public, from] death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological, which would be occasioned if the respondent were to commit a sexual offence at a time subsequent to the making of the application under this section.<\/p>\n<p>(6) A sex offender order shall continue in force until the expiration of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) 5 years from the date of notification of its making being given to the respondent, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) such longer period as the court may provide for in the order.<\/p>\n<p>(7) For so long as a sex offender order is in force, Part 2 shall have effect as if\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the respondent were subject to the requirements of that Part, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) \u201crelevant date\u201d (within the meaning of that Part) were the date on which notification of the making of the sex offender order has been given to the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Subsection (7) shall not operate to prevent a respondent&#8217;s remaining subject to the requirements of Part 2, on the date that the sex offender order concerned ceases to be in force, if, by reason of the operation of section 7 and 8 (including those sections as applied by section 13 ), he or she would remain so subject to those requirements.<\/p>\n<p>(9) The reference in subsection (3) to the date of the respondent&#8217;s release from prison is a reference to the date on which the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the respondent in respect of the offence referred to in subsection (2) (if such be the sentence imposed) expires or, as the case may be, the respondent&#8217;s remission from the sentence begins.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F32<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023),s. 14(c), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(b).<\/p>\n<p>F33<br \/>\nSubstituted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 14(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C4<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: subs. (1) substituted and subs. (2)(b) amended by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 14(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>(1) If, on application to it in that behalf by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector, it appears to the court, on evidence tendered by the applicant, that the conditions specified in subsection (2) are satisfied in respect of the respondent, the court may make an order (in this Act referred to as a &#8220;sex offender order&#8221;)\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) prohibiting the respondent from doing one or more things specified in the order, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) subject to section 16A, including a direction under subsection (1) of that section.<\/p>\n<p>(2) &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(b) the respondent has, at a time referred to in subsection (3), acted on one or more occasions in such a way as to give reasonable grounds for believing that F33[an order under this section (including where appropriate, a direction under section 16A(1))] is necessary to protect the public from serious harm from him or her.<\/p>\n<p>F34[Monitoring compliance with sex offender order<\/p>\n<p>16A. \u2014 &#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F34<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<h4>C5<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision<\/h4>\n<p>: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F34[16A. \u2014(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where the court makes or varies a sex offender order in respect of a respondent who is over the age of 18 years that prohibits him or her from going to, being in or leaving a specific place (whether at a particular time or generally), the court may, in making the order, on application in that regard by the applicant, direct that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the movements of the respondent are monitored electronically in accordance with this section so that his or her compliance or non\u2011compliance with such prohibition can be established,<\/p>\n<p>(b) for that purpose, the respondent has an electronic monitoring device attached to his or her person, either continuously or for such periods as may be specified, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) an authorised person is responsible for monitoring the respondent\u2019s compliance or non-compliance with\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the prohibition concerned, or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) paragraph (b).<\/p>\n<p>(2) A direction under subsection (1) shall not be given\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) if the respondent is to reside or remain in a particular place, without the consent of the owner of the place or of an adult person habitually residing there, or, as the case may be, of the person in charge of the place, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) unless the respondent agrees to comply with the direction.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A direction under subsection (1) shall continue in force until the expiration of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) 6 months from the date of the notification of its making being given to the respondent,<\/p>\n<p>(b) such shorter period as the court may provide for in the direction, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) the sex offender order of which it forms part, whichever is the earlier.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Where the court makes or varies a sex offender order to include a direction under subsection (1), the period for which the order continues in force shall not be affected by the direction ceasing to be in force.]<\/p>\n<p>F35[Evidence of electronic monitoring under section 16A<\/p>\n<p>16B. \u2014&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F35<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C6<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F35[16B. \u2014(1) Where the movements of a respondent are subject to electronic monitoring pursuant to section 16A, evidence of his or her\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) presence or absence in or from a particular place at a particular time, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) compliance or non-compliance with a direction under section 16A(1)(b),<\/p>\n<p>may, subject to this section, be given in any proceedings by the production of the following documents:<\/p>\n<p>(i) a statement purporting to be generated automatically or otherwise by a prescribed device by which the respondent\u2019s whereabouts were electronically monitored;<\/p>\n<p>(ii) a certificate\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(I) that the statement relates to the whereabouts of the respondent at the dates and times shown in it, and<\/p>\n<p>(II) purporting to be signed by an authorised person who is responsible for monitoring electronically the respondent\u2019s compliance with a prohibition in a sex offender order that prohibits him or her from going to, being in or leaving a specific place or a direction under section 16A(1).<\/p>\n<p>(2) Subject to subsection (3), in any proceedings the statement and certificate referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) are admissible as evidence of the facts contained in them, unless the contrary is shown.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Neither the statement nor the certificate referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) is admissible pursuant to subsection (2) unless a copy of the statement or certificate, as the case may be, has been served on the respondent concerned before the commencement of the proceedings concerned.]<\/p>\n<p>F36[Arrangements for electronic monitoring under section 16A<\/p>\n<p>16C. \u2014&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F36<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C7<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 15, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F36[16C. \u2014The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, make such arrangements, including contractual arrangements, as he or she considers appropriate with such persons as he or she thinks fit for monitoring the compliance or non-compliance of respondents with prohibitions in sex offender orders prohibiting them from going to, being in or leaving a specific place or a direction under section 16A(1)(b).]<\/p>\n<h4>Taking effect of sex offender order.<\/h4>\n<p>17. \u2014(1) A sex offender order shall take effect on notification of its making being given to the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Oral communication to the respondent by or on behalf of the applicant of the fact that a sex offender order has been made, together with production of a copy of the order, shall, without prejudice to the sufficiency of any other form of notification, be taken to be sufficient notification to the respondent of the making of the order.<\/p>\n<p>(3) If the respondent is present at the sitting of the court at which the sex offender order is made, he or she shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been notified of its making.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F37<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 16, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C8<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: subs. (1A) inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 16, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F37[(1A) Where the court gives a direction under section 16A(1) as part of a sex offender order, a copy of the direction and of the prohibition in the sex offender order to which it relates shall be given to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the respondent,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) if an authorised person is to be responsible for monitoring the respondent\u2019s movements electronically, the authorised person.]<\/p>\n<h4>Effect of appeal from order.<\/h4>\n<p>18. \u2014An appeal from a sex offender order shall, if the court that made the order or the court to which the appeal is brought so determines (but not otherwise), stay the operation of the order on such terms (if any) as may be imposed by the court making the determination.<\/p>\n<h4>Discharge or variation of sex offender order.<\/h4>\n<p>19. \u2014(1) Where a sex offender order is in force, the court, on application to it in that behalf at any time by the respondent, may, if it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the protection F38[of the public, or a member of the public, from] serious harm from the respondent does not require that the order should continue in force, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) the order&#8217;s effect for the time being is the cause of injustice,<\/p>\n<p>discharge or, as may be appropriate, vary the order.<\/p>\n<p>F39[(1A) Where a sex offender order is in force, the court, on application to it in that behalf at any time by a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na not below the rank of inspector, may, if it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the protection of the public, or a member of the public, from serious harm from the respondent requires the variation of the order, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) such variation would not be a cause of injustice,<\/p>\n<p>vary the order to the extent it deems necessary to protect the public, or a member of the public, from serious harm.<\/p>\n<p>(1B) A variation of a sex offender order under subsection (1A) shall take effect on notification of the variation being given to the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>(1C) Oral communication to the respondent by or on behalf of the applicant of the fact that a sex offender order has been varied, together with production of a copy of the order varying the sex offender order, shall, without prejudice to the sufficiency of any other form of notification, be taken to be sufficient notification to the respondent of the variation.<\/p>\n<p>(1D) If the respondent is present at the sitting of the court at which the sex offender order is varied, he or she shall be taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to have been notified of its variation.]<\/p>\n<p>(2) The court shall, on application to it in that behalf at any time by the applicant, discharge a sex offender order.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The F38[references in subsections (1) and (1A)] to protecting the public from serious harm from the respondent shall be construed in accordance with section 16(5).<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F38<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 17(a), (c), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F39<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023),s. 17(b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<h4>Court jurisdiction and venue.<\/h4>\n<p>20. \u2014(1) The jurisdiction of the court in respect of civil proceedings under this Part may be exercised by the judge of the circuit where the respondent ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation or by the judge of the circuit where the respondent is alleged to have acted in such a way as to give reasonable grounds for believing that the making of a sex offender order is or, as the case may be, was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>(2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) applies in the case of section 19 notwithstanding that the sex offender order concerned was made by the High Court on appeal from a decision of the court refusing to make such an order.<\/p>\n<h4>Provisions in relation to evidence and proceedings under this Part.<\/h4>\n<p>21. \u2014(1) The standard of proof required to determine any question relating to the making, varying, or discharge of a sex offender order shall be that applicable to civil proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Proceedings under this Part (other than under section 22) in relation to a sex offender order shall be heard otherwise than in public.<\/p>\n<p>Offence in respect of contravention of sex offender order.<\/p>\n<p>22. \u2014A respondent who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a sex offender order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding \u00a31,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Notes:<\/p>\n<p>E3<br \/>\nA fine of \u00a31,500 converted (1.01.1999) to \u20ac1,904.60. This translates into a class C fine, not exceeding \u20ac2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8\/2010), ss. 3, 6(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.<\/p>\n<h4>Rules of court.<\/h4>\n<p>23. \u2014(1) For the purpose of ensuring the expeditious hearing of applications under this Part, rules of court may make provision for the service of documents otherwise than under section 7 of the Courts Act, 1964 (as amended by section 22 of the Courts Act, 1971), in circumstances to which that section 7 relates.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Rules of court shall provide for the documentation required for the commencement of proceedings under this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(3) This section is without prejudice to section 17 of the Interpretation Act, 1937, which provides for rules of court.<\/p>\n<h4>Amendment of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.<\/h4>\n<p>24. \u2014 Section 28 of the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(3) Where the proceedings the subject matter of the application under this section concern\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the welfare of (including the custody of or access to) a child, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) a sex offender order (within the meaning of the Sex Offenders Act, 2001),<\/p>\n<p>paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (2) shall not apply.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>PART 4<\/p>\n<h4>Provision of Information for Employment Purposes<\/h4>\n<h4>Interpretation (Part 4).<\/h4>\n<p>25. \u2014(1) In this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cchild\u201d means a person who is less than 18 years of age;<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccontract of employment\u201d means\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a contract of service or apprenticeship, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) any other contract whereby an individual agrees with another person, who is carrying on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act, 1971, and is acting in the course of that business, to do or perform personally any work or service for a third person (whether or not the third person is a party to the contract),<\/p>\n<p>whether the contract is express or implied and if express, whether it is oral or in writing;<\/p>\n<p>F40[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState work or a service\u201d means work done or a service performed by a person who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) holds office under, or is otherwise in the service of the State (including as a civil servant, within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956),<\/p>\n<p>(b) is a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na or the Defence Forces,<\/p>\n<p>(c) is an officer or servant of a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941, or<\/p>\n<p>F41[F42[(d) is an officer or servant of a harbour authority or a member of staff of an education and training board,] or<\/p>\n<p>(e) is an employee of the Health Service Executive F43[or the Child and Family Agency].]<\/p>\n<p>(2) In this Part a reference to a person applying to another person includes a reference to the person applying to another person without that other&#8217;s having requested or solicited the making of the application.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F40<br \/>\nDeleted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 18, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F41<br \/>\nSubstituted and inserted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42\/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 item 1, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.<\/p>\n<p>F42<br \/>\nSubstituted (1.07.2013) by Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11\/2013), s. 72(1) and sch. 6 item 34, S.I. No. 211 of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>F43<br \/>\nInserted (1.01.2014) by Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40\/2013), s. 97 and sch. 2 item 1, S.I. No. 502 of 2013.<\/p>\n<h4>Failure to inform employer, etc., of sexual offence conviction.<\/h4>\n<p>26. \u2014(1) In this section \u201crelevant work\u201d means work or a service (including State work or a service) a necessary and regular part of which consists, mainly, of the person referred to in subsection (3), (5) or (6) F44[having access to], or contact with, a child or children or a F44[vulnerable] person or persons.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A person referred to in subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence if he or she\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) applies to another person to be employed by that person to do relevant work,<\/p>\n<p>(b) enters into a contract of employment to do relevant work,<\/p>\n<p>(c) applies to another person to do relevant work on that other person&#8217;s behalf (whether in return for payment or for any other consideration or not), or<\/p>\n<p>(d) enters into a contract for services to do relevant work, without, during the course of the application or before entering into the contract, informing the other person or the other party to the contract of the fact that he or she has been convicted of the offence referred to in subsection (3).<\/p>\n<p>(3) The person mentioned in subsection (2) is a person who has been convicted, before or after the commencement of this Part, either\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) in the State of a sexual offence, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) in a place outside the State of an offence and the act constituting that offence would, if done in the State, constitute a sexual offence (within the meaning of this Act) under the law of the State.<\/p>\n<p>(4) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he or she neither knew nor could reasonably be expected to have known that the work to which the application or contract referred to in subsection (2) related was relevant work (within the meaning of this section).<\/p>\n<p>(5) A person convicted, before or after the commencement of this Part, of an offence referred to in subsection (3) who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) does a thing referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (2) (and, in the case of paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection, commences to do the work concerned), and<\/p>\n<p>(b) at the time he or she does such a thing, neither knows nor can reasonably be expected to know that the work concerned is relevant work (within the meaning of this section),<\/p>\n<p>shall inform the other person or the other party to the contract referred to in subsection (2) of the fact that he or she has been convicted of that offence as soon as may be after he or she becomes aware of the fact that the work concerned is relevant work.<\/p>\n<p>(6) A person who\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) does a thing referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (2) (and, in the case of paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection, commences to do the work concerned), and<\/p>\n<p>(b) is subsequently convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (3),<\/p>\n<p>shall, unless, at the time of the conviction, the work he or she has applied to do is wholly completed or the contract he or she has entered into has expired or ceased to be in force, inform the person on whose behalf the work is being done or the other party to the contract, as soon as may be after the conviction, of the fact that he or she has been so convicted.<\/p>\n<p>(7) A person who fails to comply with subsection (5) or (6) shall be guilty of an offence.<\/p>\n<p>(8) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) or (7) shall be liable\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding \u00a31,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding \u00a310,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F44<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 19(a), (b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F45[Part 4A<\/p>\n<h4>Prohibition on Working with Children and Vulnerable Persons<\/h4>\n<h4>Interpretation (Part 4A)<\/h4>\n<p>26A. \u2014(1) In this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;applicable offender&#8221; means a person who, after the coming into operation of section 20 of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023, is convicted of a sexual offence for which, in the opinion of the court before which the person appears, the appropriate sentence is, apart from the provisions of this Part, one of imprisonment for any term (whether in addition to the imposition of a fine or not);<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;child&#8221; has the same meaning as it has in Part 4;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;prohibition&#8221; shall be construed in accordance with section 26C(1);<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;prohibition commencement date&#8221;, in relation to an applicable offender, means\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) where the sentence of imprisonment referred to in section 26D(1)(a) is suspended in its entirety, the date on which the sentence is imposed on the offender,<\/p>\n<p>(b) where that sentence of imprisonment is suspended in part, the date on which the offender is released from prison, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) in any other case, the date on which\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) the sentence expires,<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the offender\u2019s remission from the sentence begins, or<\/p>\n<p>(iii) the offender is released on parole in accordance with the Parole Act 2019;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;prohibition period&#8221; shall be construed in accordance with section 26D(1)(b);<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;relevant work&#8221; has the same meaning as it has in section 26;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;sentence including a prohibition&#8221; shall be construed in accordance with section 26D(1).<\/p>\n<p>(2) In this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) references to protecting a child or a vulnerable person from serious harm from an applicable offender shall be construed as references to protecting a child or a vulnerable person from death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological, which would be occasioned if the offender were to commit a sexual offence after he or she has been released into the community, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) a reference to a person applying to another person includes a reference to the person applying to another person without that other\u2019s having requested or solicited the making of the application.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F45<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F46[<\/p>\n<h4>Part 4A without prejudice to Part 5<\/h4>\n<p>26B. \u2014This Part is without prejudice to Part 5 and a prohibition may be imposed on an applicable offender under section 26D\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) regardless of whether a sentence involving post supervision release (within the meaning of Part 5) is being imposed on the offender, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) where such a sentence is being imposed on the offender, in addition to that sentence.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F46<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F47[<\/p>\n<h4>Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving prohibition<\/h4>\n<p>26C. \u2014(1) In determining the sentence to be imposed on an applicable offender in respect of the sexual offence concerned, the court shall consider whether to impose a sentence including a prohibition on the offender engaging in relevant work (&#8220;a prohibition&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>(2) In considering that matter, the court shall have regard to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the need to protect children or vulnerable persons from serious harm from the offender, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) the need to prevent the commission by the applicable offender of subsequent sexual offences.<\/p>\n<p>(3) For the purposes of this Part, the court may, if it thinks it necessary to do so, receive evidence or submissions from any person concerned.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F47<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F48[<\/p>\n<h4>Power of court to impose prohibition<\/h4>\n<p>26D. \u2014(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a court may, where it is satisfied that it is necessary to do so to protect children or vulnerable persons from serious harm from the applicable offender, having regard to the matters specified in section 26C(2), impose on an applicable offender in respect of the sexual offence concerned a sentence including a prohibition, that is to say a sentence which consists of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment (whether in addition to the imposition of a fine or not), and<\/p>\n<p>(b) a provision that during a specified period (&#8220;the prohibition period&#8221;) commencing on the prohibition commencement date, the offender shall be subject to the prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The aggregate of the sentence of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1)(a) and the prohibition period shall not exceed the duration of the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed in respect of the sexual offence concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The term of the sentence of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall not be less than the term the court would have imposed if it had considered the matter apart from the provisions of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(4) The court may, when imposing a sentence including a prohibition, specify a particular type or category of relevant work to which the prohibition applies.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F48<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F49[<\/p>\n<h4>Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender<\/h4>\n<p>26E. \u2014In imposing a sentence including a prohibition on an applicable offender, the court shall explain to him or her\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the effect of the sentence,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the consequences provided for under section 26G if he or she fails to comply with the prohibition, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) that under this Act, the court may vary or discharge the prohibition on the application of either the offender or a probation officer.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F49<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F50[<\/p>\n<h4>Discharge or variation of prohibition<\/h4>\n<p>26F. \u2014The court may, not more than one month before the proposed prohibition commencement date or at any time during the prohibition period, on the application of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the offender on whom the sentence including a prohibition was imposed, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) a probation officer,<\/p>\n<p>discharge or vary the prohibition, if, having regard to the circumstances which have arisen since the sentence was imposed\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) it would be in the interests of justice to do so, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the protection of children or vulnerable persons from serious harm from the offender no longer requires that the prohibition should continue in force or, as appropriate, that it should continue in force in the form in which it stands at the date of the making of the application.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F50<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F51[<\/p>\n<h4>Non-compliance with prohibition<\/h4>\n<p>26G. \u2014(1) A person on whom a sentence including a prohibition is imposed who, during the prohibition period\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) applies to another person to be employed by that person to do prohibited work,<\/p>\n<p>(b) enters into a contract of employment to do prohibited work,<\/p>\n<p>(c) applies to another person to do prohibited work on the other person\u2019s behalf (whether in return for payment or for any other consideration or not),<\/p>\n<p>(d) enters into a contract for services to do prohibited work, or<\/p>\n<p>(e) does prohibited work,<\/p>\n<p>shall be guilty of an offence.<\/p>\n<p>(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) on summary conviction, to a class C fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or more.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The conviction of a person for an offence under this section shall not prevent the prohibition period continuing to have effect.<\/p>\n<p>(4) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he or she neither knew nor could reasonably be expected to have known that the work\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) to which the application or contract referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of that subsection related was prohibited work, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) that the work referred to in paragraph (e) of that subsection was prohibited work.<\/p>\n<p>(5) If a sentence of imprisonment is imposed on an applicable offender for an offence under this section, that sentence shall, for the period the offender spends in prison on foot of that sentence, operate to suspend the prohibition and the period for which that prohibition is so suspended shall not be reckoned in calculating the date on which the prohibition period expires.<\/p>\n<p>(6) In this section, &#8220;prohibited work&#8221;, in relation to a person, means relevant work that is the subject of a sentence including a prohibition imposed on the person.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F51<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 20, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c). A class C fine means a fine not greater than \u20ac2,500 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8\/2010), ss. 3, 6(1), S.I. No. 662 of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>PART 5<\/p>\n<h4>Post-Release Supervision for Sex Offenders<\/h4>\n<h4>Interpretation (Part 5).<\/h4>\n<p>27. \u2014(1) In this Part\u2014<\/p>\n<p>F52[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>F52[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>\u201csentence involving post-release supervision\u201d shall be construed in accordance with section 29(1);<\/p>\n<p>\u201csex offender\u201d means a person who, after the commencement of this Part, is convicted of a sexual offence for which, in the opinion of the court before which the person appears, the appropriate sentence is, apart from the provisions of this Part, one of imprisonment for any term (whether in addition to the imposition of a fine or not);<\/p>\n<p>\u201csupervision period\u201d shall be construed in accordance with section 29(1);<\/p>\n<p>\u201csupervision period conditions\u201d means the conditions referred to in section 29(1)(b) or 30 that relate to the sex offender concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(2) References in this Part to protecting the public from serious harm from a sex offender shall be construed as references to protecting a member or members of the public from death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological, which would be occasioned if the offender were to commit a sexual offence after he or she has been released into the community.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F52<br \/>\nDeleted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 21, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Notes:<\/p>\n<p>E4<br \/>\nPrevious affecting provision: terms \u201cprobation and welfare officer\u201d and &#8220;probation and welfare service&#8221; construed (19.05.2006) by Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 (24\/2011), s. 13, in effect as per subs. (4); terms deleted (13.11.2023) as per F-note above.<\/p>\n<h4>Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/h4>\n<p>28. \u2014(1) In determining the sentence to be imposed on a sex offender in respect of the sexual offence concerned, the court shall consider whether to impose a sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/p>\n<p>(2) In considering that matter, the court shall have regard to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the need for a period, after the offender has been released into the community, during which his or her conduct is supervised by a responsible person,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the need to protect the public from serious harm from the offender,<\/p>\n<p>(c) the need to prevent the commission by the offender of further sexual offences, and<\/p>\n<p>(d) the need to rehabilitate or further rehabilitate the offender.<\/p>\n<p>(3) For the purposes of this section, the court may, if it thinks it necessary to do so, receive evidence or submissions from any person concerned.<\/p>\n<h4>Power of court to impose sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/h4>\n<p>29. \u2014(1) F53[Without prejudice to Part 4A, a court may] impose on a sex offender in respect of the sexual offence concerned a sentence involving post-release supervision, that is to say a sentence which consists of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment for a specified term (whether in addition to the imposition of a fine or not), and<\/p>\n<p>(b) a provision that during a specified period (\u201cthe supervision period\u201d) commencing on the date of the offender&#8217;s release from prison, the offender shall be under the supervision of a F53[probation officer] and requiring the offender to comply with such conditions as are specified in the sentence for securing that supervision.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The aggregate of the sentence of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1)(a) and the supervision period shall not exceed the duration of the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed in respect of the sexual offence concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The term of the sentence of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall not be less than the term the court would have imposed if it had considered the matter apart from the provisions of this Part.<\/p>\n<p>(4) In determining the period to be specified as the supervision period, the matters to which the court shall have regard shall include the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 28(2).<\/p>\n<p>(5) The reference in this section to the date of the offender&#8217;s release from prison is a reference to the date on which the offender&#8217;s sentence of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1)(a) expires or, as the case may be, the offender&#8217;s remission from the sentence begins.<\/p>\n<p>F54[(6) In addition to the conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b), a sentence involving post-release supervision imposed after the commencement of this subsection shall include a condition requiring the sex offender to attend all appointments with the probation officer whose supervision he or she is under and to comply with the lawful instructions of that officer.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F53<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 22(a), (b), S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F54<br \/>\nInserted (27.03.2017) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2\/2017), s. 51(a), S.I. No. 112 of 2017.<\/p>\n<h4>Additional provisions which may be included in sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/h4>\n<p>30. \u2014(1) In addition to the conditions referred to in section 29(1)(b), a sentence involving post-release supervision may include such conditions as the court considers appropriate for the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 28(2) and having regard to the needs of the sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), there may be included in a sentence involving post-release supervision\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) a condition prohibiting the sex offender from doing such one or more things as the court considers necessary for the purpose of protecting the public from serious harm from the offender, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) a condition requiring the sex offender to receive psychological counselling or other appropriate treatment provided by the F55[Probation Service] or any other body which it appears to the court, having regard to any submissions made to it on behalf of the F55[Probation Service], is an appropriate body to provide such counselling or treatment.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A condition referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall have effect during the whole or a specified part of the supervision period as the court considers appropriate and specifies in the sentence concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F55<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 23, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(c).<\/p>\n<p>F56[<\/p>\n<h4>Power of court to amend conditions or include new conditions<\/h4>\n<p>30A. \u2014(1) In any case where a court has imposed on a sex offender, for an offence committed after the commencement of this section, a sentence involving post-release supervision, the court may, on the application of a probation officer not more than one month before the date of the offender\u2019s intended release from prison or any time during the supervision period, amend any condition for securing that supervision referred to in section 29(1)(b) or additional condition referred to under section 30 or include one or more further conditions pursuant to either of the aforesaid sections.<\/p>\n<p>(2) In any case where a court has imposed on a sex offender, for an offence committed before the commencement of this section, a sentence involving post-release supervision, the court may, on the application of a probation officer not more than one month before the date of the offender\u2019s intended release from prison or any time during the supervision period, amend any condition or include one or more further conditions pursuant to section 29(1)(b) where such conditions are necessary for securing that supervision.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Subsection (2) shall apply in respect of post-release supervision orders extant at the time of the commencement of this section.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Any condition referred to in subsection (1) or (2), whether an amended condition or a new condition, shall have the same effect as a condition included in a sentence involving post-release supervision.<\/p>\n<p>(5) In this section \u201cthe date of the sex offender\u2019s release from prison\u201d means the date on which the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the sex offender expires, or as the case may be, his or her remission from the sentence begins.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F56<br \/>\nInserted (26.02.2018) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2\/2017), s. 51(b), S.I. No. 45 of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>F57<br \/>\nSubstituted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 24(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<h4>C9<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision<\/h4>\n<p>: subss. (1), (2) amended by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 24(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>30A. \u2014(1) In any case where a court has imposed on a sex offender, for an offence committed after the commencement of this section, a sentence involving post-release supervision, the court may, on the application of a probation officer not more than one month before the date of the offender\u2019s intended release from prison or any time during the supervision period, amend any condition for securing that supervision referred to in section 29(1)(b) or additional condition referred to under section 30 or include one or more further conditions pursuant to either of the F57[aforesaid sections or a condition requiring the sex offender to comply with a direction under section 30B].<\/p>\n<p>(2) In any case where a court has imposed on a sex offender, for an offence committed before the commencement of this section, a sentence involving post-release supervision, the court may, on the application of a probation officer not more than one month before the date of the offender\u2019s intended release from prison or any time during the supervision period, amend any condition or include one or more further conditions pursuant to F57[section 29(1)(b) or a condition requiring the sex offender to comply with a direction under section 30B] where such conditions are necessary for securing that supervision.<\/p>\n<p>F58[Monitoring compliance with condition<\/p>\n<p>30B. \u2014 &#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F58<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C10<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F58[30B. \u2014(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), where the court amends a condition or includes a further condition pursuant to section 30A(1) in respect of a sex offender who is over the age of 18 years that relates to the sex offender\u2019s presence in or absence from a particular place, the court may, in so amending or including, on application in that regard by the probation officer making the application under section 30A(1), direct that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the movements of the sex offender are monitored electronically in accordance with this section so that his or her compliance or non-compliance with such condition can be established,<\/p>\n<p>(b) for that purpose, the sex offender has an electronic monitoring device attached to his or her person, either continuously or for such periods as may be specified, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) an authorised person is responsible for monitoring the sex offender\u2019s compliance or non-compliance with\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) paragraph (b), or<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the condition concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The court shall not give a direction under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied that it is necessary to protect the public, or a member of the public, from serious harm from the sex offender concerned.<\/p>\n<p>(3) A direction under subsection (1) shall not be given\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) if the sex offender is to reside or remain in a particular place, without the consent of the owner of the place or of an adult person habitually residing there, or, as the case may be, of the person in charge of the place, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) unless the sex offender agrees to comply with the direction.<\/p>\n<p>(4) A direction under subsection (1) shall continue in force until the expiration of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) 6 months from the applicable date,<\/p>\n<p>(b) such shorter period as the court may provide for in the direction, or<\/p>\n<p>(c) the supervision period, whichever is the earlier.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Where the court gives a direction under subsection (1), a copy of the direction and of the supervision period condition shall be given to\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the sex offender,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) if an authorised person is to be responsible for monitoring the respondent\u2019s movements electronically, the authorised person.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Where the court gives a direction under subsection (1), the supervision period relating to the sex offender concerned shall not be affected by the direction ceasing to be in force.<\/p>\n<p>(7) In this section, &#8220;applicable date&#8221;, in relation to a sex offender, means\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the date of the notification of the giving of a direction under subsection (1) relating to him or her being given to him or her, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) the date of his or her release from prison, whichever is the later.<\/p>\n<p>(8) The reference in this section to the offender\u2019s release from prison shall be construed in accordance with section 29(5).]<\/p>\n<p>F59[Evidence of electronic monitoring under section 30B<\/p>\n<p>30C. \u2014 &#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F59<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C11<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F59[30C. \u2014(1) Where the movements of a sex offender are subject to electronic monitoring pursuant to section 30B, evidence of his or her\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) compliance or non-compliance with a supervision period condition referred to in section 30B(1), or<\/p>\n<p>(b) compliance or non-compliance with a direction under section 30B(1)(b),<\/p>\n<p>may, subject to this section, be given in any proceedings by the production of the following documents:<\/p>\n<p>(i) a statement purporting to be generated automatically or otherwise by a prescribed device by which the sex offender\u2019s whereabouts were electronically monitored;<\/p>\n<p>(ii) a certificate\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(I) that the statement relates to the whereabouts of the sex offender at the dates and time shown in it, and<\/p>\n<p>(II) purporting to be signed by an authorised person who is responsible for monitoring electronically the offender\u2019s compliance with a supervision period condition referred to in section 30B(1) or with a direction under section 30B(1).<\/p>\n<p>(2) Subject to subsection (3), in any proceedings the statement and certificate referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) are admissible as evidence of the facts contained in them, unless the contrary is shown.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Neither the statement nor the certificate referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) is admissible pursuant to subsection (2) unless a copy of the statement or certificate, as the case may be, has been served on the respondent concerned before the commencement of the proceedings concerned.]<\/p>\n<p>F60[Arrangements for electronic monitoring under section 30B<\/p>\n<p>30D. \u2014 &#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F60<br \/>\nInserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications (not altering text):<\/p>\n<p>C12<br \/>\nProspective affecting provision: section inserted by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 25, not commenced as of date of revision.<\/p>\n<p>F60[30D. \u2014The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, make such arrangements, including contractual arrangements, as he or she considers appropriate with such persons as he or she thinks fit for monitoring the compliance or non-compliance of sex offenders with a supervision period condition referred to in section 30B(1), or a direction under section 30B(1)(ii).]<\/p>\n<h4>Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender.<\/h4>\n<p>31. \u2014In imposing a sentence involving post-release supervision on a sex offender, the court shall explain to him or her\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the effect of the sentence,<\/p>\n<p>(b) the consequences provided for under section 33 if he or she fails to comply with any of the supervision period conditions, and<\/p>\n<p>(c) that under this Act the court may vary or discharge any of those conditions on the application of either the offender or a F61[probation officer].<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F61<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 26, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(d).<\/p>\n<h4>Discharge or variation of requirements relating to supervision period.<\/h4>\n<p>32. \u2014At any time after the supervision period has commenced the court may, on the application of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) the offender on whom the sentence involving post-release supervision concerned was imposed, or<\/p>\n<p>(b) a probation and welfare officer,<\/p>\n<p>discharge all of the supervision period conditions (and the supervision period shall lapse accordingly) or vary or discharge one or more of those conditions if, having regard to the circumstances which have arisen since the sentence was imposed, it considers\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) it would be in the interests of justice to do so, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the protection of the public from serious harm from the offender no longer requires that those conditions should continue in force or, as appropriate, that they should continue in force in the form in which they stand at the date of the making of the application.<\/p>\n<h4>Non-compliance with requirements relating to supervision period.<\/h4>\n<p>33. \u2014(1) A sex offender who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any of the supervision period conditions shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding \u00a31,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Subject to subsection (3), the conviction of a sex offender for an offence under this section shall not prevent the supervision period conditions from continuing to have effect.<\/p>\n<p>(3) If a sentence of imprisonment is imposed on a sex offender for an offence under this section, that sentence shall, for the period the offender spends in prison on foot of that sentence, operate to suspend the supervision period conditions and the period for which those conditions are so suspended shall not be reckoned in calculating the date on which the supervision period expires.<\/p>\n<p>F62[(4) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) may be brought and prosecuted by a F63[probation officer].]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F62<br \/>\nInserted (7.06.2008) by Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (8\/2008), s. 13(c), commenced as per s. 15(2).<\/p>\n<p>F63<br \/>\nSubstituted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 27, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(d).<\/p>\n<p>PART 6<\/p>\n<p>Miscellaneous<\/p>\n<p>Amendment of Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981.<\/p>\n<p>34. \u2014The Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981, is hereby amended by the insertion after section 4 of the following section:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<\/p>\n<h4>Legal representation for complainants.<\/h4>\n<p>4A.\u2014(1) Where an application under section 3 or 4 is made by or on behalf of an accused person who is for the time being charged with an offence to which this section applies, the complainant shall be entitled to be heard in relation to the application and, for this purpose, to be legally represented during the hearing of the application.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Notice of intention to make an application under section 3 or 4 shall be given to the prosecution by or on behalf of the accused person before, or as soon as practicable after, the commencement of the trial for the offence concerned or, as the case may be, the commencement of the proceeding concerned referred to in section 4(1).<\/p>\n<p>(3) The prosecution shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt by it of such a notice, notify the complainant of his or her entitlement to be heard in relation to the said application and to be legally represented, for that purpose, during the course of the application.<\/p>\n<p>(4) The judge shall not hear the said application without first being satisfied that subsections (2) and (3) have been complied with.<\/p>\n<p>(5) If the period between the complainant&#8217;s being notified, under subsection (3), of his or her entitlements under this section and the making of the said application is not, in the judge&#8217;s opinion, such as to have afforded the complainant a reasonable opportunity to arrange legal representation of the kind referred to in this section, the judge shall postpone the hearing of the application (and, for this purpose, may adjourn the trial or proceeding concerned) for a period that the judge considers will afford the complainant such an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>(6) This section applies to a rape offence and any of the following, namely, aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault, aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring aggravated sexual assault or attempted aggravated sexual assault, incitement to aggravated sexual assault and conspiring to commit any of the foregoing offences.\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4>Further amendments of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.<\/h4>\n<p>35. \u2014(1) In this section \u201cthe Act of 1995\u201d means the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>(2) In addition to the meaning assigned to that expression by section 27 of the Act of 1995, \u201clegal aid\u201d in the Act of 1995 means representation by a solicitor or barrister, engaged by the Legal Aid Board under section 11 of that Act, on behalf of a complainant in relation to an application referred to in section 4A of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981, that concerns the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Section 28 of the Act of 1995 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(5A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Board shall grant a legal aid certificate to a complainant for the purpose of his or her being represented in relation to an application referred to in section 4A of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981, that concerns him or her.\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4>Proof of foreign conviction in certain cases.<\/h4>\n<p>36. \u2014(1) In proceedings against a person for an offence under\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) section 12 (where the person is a person referred to in section 13(1)), or<\/p>\n<p>(b) section 26 (where the person is a person referred to in subsection (2), (5) or (6) of that section and falls within subsection (3)(b) of that section),<\/p>\n<p>the production to the court of a document that satisfies the condition referred to in subsection (2) and which purports to contain either or both\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) particulars of the conviction in a state, other than the State, of that person for an offence and of the act constituting the offence,<\/p>\n<p>(ii) a statement that, on a specified date, that person was subject to the first-mentioned requirement in section 13(1)(b)(ii),<\/p>\n<p>shall, without further proof, be evidence, until the contrary is shown, of the matters stated in it.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The condition mentioned in subsection (1) is that the document concerned purports to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or officer of the state referred to in that subsection and to be authenticated by the oath of some witness or by being sealed with the official seal of a minister of state of that state (judicial notice of which shall be taken by the court).<\/p>\n<p>(3) That condition shall be regarded as being satisfied without proof of the signature or certification, and the authentication of it, that appears in or on the document.<\/p>\n<h4>Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1990.<\/h4>\n<p>37. \u2014(1) Section 2 of the Act of 1990 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(2) (a) A person guilty of sexual assault shall be liable on conviction on indictment\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(i) in case the person on whom the assault was committed was a child, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, and<\/p>\n<p>(ii) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>(b) In this subsection \u2018child\u2019 means a person under 17 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply to sexual assaults committed after the commencement of this section.<\/p>\n<p>SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>Section 3.<\/p>\n<h4>Sexual Offences for Purposes of Act<\/h4>\n<p>1. Rape.<\/p>\n<p>2. Sexual assault (whether the offence of which the person was convicted was known by that name or by the name \u201cIndecent assault upon a female person\u201d or \u201cIndecent assault upon a male person\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>3. Aggravated sexual assault (within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 1990).<\/p>\n<p>4. Rape under section 4 of the Act of 1990.<\/p>\n<p>5. An offence under section 1 of the Act of 1908 (incest by males).<\/p>\n<p>6. An offence under section 2 of the Act of 1908 (incest by females of or over 17 years of age).<\/p>\n<p>F64[7. An offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.]<\/p>\n<p>F65[7A. An offence under section 1 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of girl under 15 years of age).<\/p>\n<p>8. An offence under section 2 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of girl between 15 and 17 years of age).]<\/p>\n<p>9. The offence of buggery with a person or with an animal referred to in section 61 of the Act of 1861.<\/p>\n<p>10. The offence of an attempt to commit such buggery referred to in section 62 of the Act of 1861.<\/p>\n<p>11. An offence under section 3 of the Act of 1993 (buggery of persons under 17 years of age).<\/p>\n<p>12. An offence under section 4 of the Act of 1993 (gross indecency with males under 17 years of age).<\/p>\n<p>13. An offence under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (acts of gross indecency).<\/p>\n<p>14. An offence under section 5 of the Act of 1993 (protection of mentally impaired persons).<\/p>\n<p>15. An offence under section 4 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of mentally impaired females).<\/p>\n<p>16. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) section 3 (child trafficking and taking, etc., child for sexual exploitation),<\/p>\n<p>(b) section 4 (allowing child to be used for child pornography),<\/p>\n<p>F66[(ba) section 4A (child prostitution and child pornography);]<\/p>\n<p>(c) section 5 (producing, distributing, etc., child pornography),<\/p>\n<p>F66[(ca) section 5A (participation of child in pornographic performance);]<\/p>\n<p>(d) section 6 (possession of child pornography).<\/p>\n<p>F67[16A. An offence under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 in so far as the offence is committed for the purposes of the sexual exploitation of a person.]<\/p>\n<p>17. An offence under section 2 of the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act, 1996 (sexual offences committed outside the State).<\/p>\n<p>F66[17A. An offence under the following provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017:<\/p>\n<p>(a) section 3 (obtaining, providing etc. a child for purpose of sexual exploitation);<\/p>\n<p>(b) section 4 (invitation etc. to sexual touching);<\/p>\n<p>(c) section 5 (sexual activity in presence of child);<\/p>\n<p>(d) section 6 (causing child to watch sexual activity);<\/p>\n<p>(e) section 7 (meeting child for purpose of sexual exploitation);<\/p>\n<p>(f) section 8 (use of information and communication technology to facilitate sexual exploitation of child);<\/p>\n<p>(g) section 21 (sexual act with protected person);<\/p>\n<p>(h) section 22 (offence against relevant person by person in authority).]<\/p>\n<p>18. An offence consisting of attempting to commit an offence referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 17 of this Schedule (other than such an offence that itself consists of an attempt to do a particular act).<\/p>\n<p>19. An offence consisting of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of an offence referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 18 of this Schedule.<\/p>\n<p>20. An offence consisting of conspiracy to commit an offence referred to in any foregoing paragraph of this Schedule.<\/p>\n<p>F68[21. An offence under section 6 (inserted by section 2 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993.]<\/p>\n<p>Annotations:<\/p>\n<p>Amendments:<\/p>\n<p>F64<br \/>\nSubstituted (2.06.2006) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (15\/2006), s. 7(5)(a), commenced on enactment.<\/p>\n<p>F65<br \/>\nInserted (13.11.2023) by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9\/2023), s. 28, S.I. No. 539 of 2023, art. 3(d).<\/p>\n<p>F66<br \/>\nInserted (27.03.2017) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2\/2017), s. 51(c)(i)(I),(II),(ii), S.I. 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