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Number 41 of 2024
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (HATE OFFENCES) ACT 2024
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement
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2. Interpretation
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3. Meaning of protected characteristic
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4. Expenses
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PART 2
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Offences Aggravated by Hatred
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5. Amendment of Criminal Damage Act 1991
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6. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
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7. Amendment of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997
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8. Hatred against persons on account of their protected characteristics as aggravating factor in sentencing for certain offences
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PART 3
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Amendments of Other Enactments
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9. Amendment of Schedule to Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976
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10. Amendment of First Schedule to Extradition (Amendment) Act 1994
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11. Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act 1997
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12. Amendment of Second Schedule to Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000
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13. Amendment of section 3 of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003
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14. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005
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15. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Criminal Justice Act 2006
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16. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Criminal Justice Act 2007
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17. Amendment of Schedule to Criminal Procedure Act 2010
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18. Amendment of National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
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19. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
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20. Amendment of Schedule to Taxi Regulation Act 2013
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21. Amendment of section 5 of Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016
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22. Amendment of section 2 of Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017
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23. Amendment of Schedule 2 to European Union (Passenger Name Record Data) Regulations 2018
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24. Amendment of section 1 of Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
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Acts Referred to
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Bail Act 1997
(No. 16)
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Criminal Damage Act 1991
(No. 31)
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Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
(No. 2)
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Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003
(No. 16)
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Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000
(No. 16)
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Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016
(No. 4)
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Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005
(No. 2)
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Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017
(No. 28)
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Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
(No. 24)
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Criminal Justice Act 2006
(No. 26)
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Criminal Justice Act 2007
(No. 29)
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Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
(No. 6)
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Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976
(No. 14)
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Criminal Procedure Act 2010
(No. 27)
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Equal Status Act 2000
(No. 8)
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Extradition (Amendment) Act 1994
(No. 6)
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National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
(No. 47)
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Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997
(No. 26)
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Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989
(No. 19)
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Taxi Regulation Act 2013
(No. 37)
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Number 41 of 2024
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (HATE OFFENCES) ACT 2024
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An Act to provide for certain offences aggravated by hatred in the
Criminal Damage Act 1991
, the
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
and the
Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997
; for that purpose, to provide for amendments of those and other enactments; to provide in respect of certain offences for hatred against a person or a group of persons on account of certain characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics) of the person or the group of persons to be an aggravating factor in sentencing for those offences; and to provide for related matters.
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[29th October, 2024]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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