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Amendment of Garda Síochána Act, 1989. 
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5.—The Garda Síochána Act, 1989, is hereby amended— 
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(a) in section 3, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): 
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“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, a member of the Garda Síochána to whom this section for the time being applies shall be liable to serve outside the State— 
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(a) with a contingent of the Garda Síochána which is despatched for service with an International United Nations Force, or 
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(b) as a liaison officer with Europol.”, and 
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(b) in section 4, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): 
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“(1) The Minister may by regulations, made with the consent of the Minister for Health and Children, provide for the keeping of a record of— 
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(a) the death of a member of the Garda Síochána, 
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(b) the death of the spouse or any of such other members of the family of a member of the Garda Síochána as may be specified in the regulations, and 
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(c) the birth of a child of a member of the Garda Síochána, 
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occurring outside the State while the member of the Garda Síochána is serving outside the State with an International United Nations Force or as a liaison officer with Europol and, as respects a death referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection or a birth, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.”. 
 
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