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Updated to 26 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 416 of 2025)

All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009
No. 19 of 2009

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 12 July 2009 Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected Affecting Provision Affecting Provision
Commencement Date		 Commencement Source
S. 1 amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(a) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(a) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(a), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 1(c) amended Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023 (32/2023), ss. 1(2), 50(a) 15 May 2024 Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 215 of 2024), art. 2(e)
S. 2 amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(b) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 2(1) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(b) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(b)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 2(4)(b) amended Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(b)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 2(5) inserted Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023 (32/2023), ss. 1(2), 50(b) 15 May 2024 Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 215 of 2024), art. 2(e)
S. 3 amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(c) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(c) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(c), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 4(1A) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(d) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 4(1A) inserted Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(d)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 4(3A) inserted Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(d)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
S. 4(5) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(d)(ii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(d)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 5(2)(a) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(e)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(e)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 5(7) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(e) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(e)(ii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(e)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 7(1) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(f)(i) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(f)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(f)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 7(2) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(f)(ii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(f)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 7(7)(c) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(f)(ii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(f)(iii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(f)(iii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 7(12)(aa) inserted Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(f)(iv), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 7(12)(aa) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(f)(iii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 7(12)(ab) inserted Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(f)(iv) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
S. 8(1) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(g)(i) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(g)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(g)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 8(2)(a) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(g)(ii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(g)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 8(7)(c) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(g)(ii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(g)(iii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(g)(iii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 8(10)(aa) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(g)(iii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 8(10)(aa) inserted Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(g)(iv), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 8(10)(ab) inserted Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(g)(iv) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
S. 11(2) amended Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(h)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(5) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(h)(i)(I) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 11(5)(c)(i) amended Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(h)(ii)(I), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(5)(c)(ia) inserted Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(h)(ii)(II), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(5)(c)(ib) inserted Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(h)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
S. 11(5)(d) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(h)(i)(II) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 11(10) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(h)(ii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(h)(ii) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(h)(iii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(11)(b) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(h)(iii) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 12 substituted with transitional provisions Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(i), (2)-(5) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 12(5) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 13(4) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(j) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(j), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 13(4)(a) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(i)(I) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(ii)(I) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 13(4)(b) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(ii)(II) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 13(4)(ba) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(ii)(III) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 13(4)(d) substituted Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(ii)(IV) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 13(4)(d)(i) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(i)(II) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 13(4)(e) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(j)(ii)(V) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 14 amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(k) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
S. 14(1) substituted Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(k)(i) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
S. 14(4)(a) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(k)(ii)(I) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(k)(i), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 14(5) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(k)(ii)(II) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(k)(ii), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(2)(c) amended Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), ss. 1(2), 281(1)(l) 2 April 2025 Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 107 of 2025), art. 2
  Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(l) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2
  Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 3 of 2015), ss. 13(l), 14(4) 27 April 2015 Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 150 of 2015), art. 2
S. 16(1) amended Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), ss. 1(3), 35(m) 27 September 2023 Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 448 of 2023), art. 2

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 7(7) Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 46 of 2017)
  Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Defence Forces) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 80 of 2010)
S. 8(7) Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 46 of 2017)
  Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Defence Forces) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 80 of 2010)
S. 16 Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 46 of 2017)
  Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Defence Forces) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 80 of 2010)
S. 16 (1) Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (Revenue Commissioners) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 290 of 2009)
  Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (Written Record of Approval) (An Garda Síochána) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 275 of 2009)