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Version date: 29 April 2016 - onwards
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8. Limitation of section 6

(1) Section 6 shall not apply where a requirement is made of a person to disclose any previous convictions or the circumstances ancillary thereto -

(a) in any interview of the person conducted by a member of the Garda Síochána following the arrest of that person in connection with the investigation of an offence,

(b) in respect of an application by the person -

(i) to enter, be or remain in the State, or

(ii) for Irish citizenship, or

(c) in respect of any application pursuant to, or any investigation under, Part 3 of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010.

(2) A person who is convicted of fraud, deceit or dishonesty in respect of a claim under a policy of insurance or a policy of assurance shall not be excused under section 6 from disclosing any such conviction on any insurance proposal or form or any assurance proposal or form, as the case may be.

(3) Nothing in this Part shall affect -