Seanad debates
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages
Government amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 32 to 43 and substitute the following: “Powers of member of Garda Síochána 3. (1) A member of the Garda Síochána may, where it appears to him or her that a person in a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place and in which a child, or a person who appears to be a child, is present, is smoking a tobacco product—(a) require the driver to stop the vehicle, and (b) demand of any person in the vehicle whom the member suspects of committing an offence under section 2*, his or her name and address.(2) A person who—(a) fails to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle in compliance with subsection (1)(a), or (b) on a demand being made of him or her under subsection (1)(b), fails or refuses to give his or her name and address or gives information which is false or misleading, shall be guilty of an offence.”.
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