Sex Offenders Act 2001

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1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation (general).
3. Art. 3 Sexual offences for purposes of Act.
4. Art. 3A Application of amendments made by Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023
5. Art. 4 Regulations.
6. Art. 5 Expenses.
7. Art. 6 “relevant date”.
8. Art. 7 Persons subject to the requirements of this Part.
9. Art. 8 Period for which person is subject to requirements of this Part and related matters.
10. Art. 9 Supply of information to facilitate compliance with this Part.
11. Art. 10 Notification requirements.
12. Art. 10A Power of Garda Síochána to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs of persons subject to requirements of Part
13. Art. 11 Discharge from obligation to comply with requirements of this Part.
14. Art. 12 Offences in connection with notification requirements.
15. Art. 13 Application of this Part to persons convicted outside State.
16. Art. 14 Certificate as evidence of person's being subject to requirements of this Part.
17. Art. 14A Interpretation (Part 2A)
18. Art. 14B Risk assessment and management team
19. Art. 14C Regulations in relation to risk assessment and management teams
20. Art. 14D Disclosure of information relating to relevant offender where offender poses risk of harm
21. Art. 14E Notice of proposed disclosure of information to relevant offender concerned
22. Art. 14F Publication of information in certain circumstances
23. Art. 14G Record of disclosure or publication to be maintained
24. Art. 14H Power of Commissioner to conduct research and publish information
25. Art. 15 Definitions (Part 3).
26. Art. 16 Sex offender orders.
27. Art. 16A Monitoring compliance with sex offender order
28. Art. 16B Evidence of electronic monitoring under section 16A
29. Art. 16C Arrangements for electronic monitoring under section 16A
30. Art. 17 Taking effect of sex offender order.
31. Art. 18 Effect of appeal from order.
32. Art. 19 Discharge or variation of sex offender order.
33. Art. 20 Court jurisdiction and venue.
34. Art. 21 Provisions in relation to evidence and proceedings under this Part.
35. Art. 22 Offence in respect of contravention of sex offender order.
36. Art. 23 Rules of court.
37. Art. 24 Amendment of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.
38. Art. 25 Interpretation (Part 4).
39. Art. 26 Failure to inform employer, etc., of sexual offence conviction.
40. Art. 26A Interpretation (Part 4A)
41. Art. 26B Part 4A without prejudice to Part 5
42. Art. 26C Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving prohibition
43. Art. 26D Power of court to impose prohibition
44. Art. 26E Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender
45. Art. 26F Discharge or variation of prohibition
46. Art. 26G Non-compliance with prohibition
47. Art. 27 Interpretation (Part 5).
48. Art. 28 Duty of court to consider imposition of sentence involving post-release supervision.
49. Art. 29 Power of court to impose sentence involving post-release supervision.
50. Art. 30 Additional provisions which may be included in sentence involving post-release supervision.
51. Art. 31 Duty of court to explain effect of sentence to offender.
52. Art. 32 Discharge or variation of requirements relating to supervision period.
53. Art. 33 Non-compliance with requirements relating to supervision period.
54. Art. 34 Amendment of Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981.
55. Art. 35 Further amendments of Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995.
56. Art. 36 Proof of foreign conviction in certain cases.
57. Art. 37 Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1990.