Subsection (6) states:
A person authorised by or for the purposes of a warrant issued under this section to take the prisoner to or from any place or to keep him in custody shall have all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of a member of the Garda Síochána.
Will that stand up in court? It is possible to confer all the powers of a member of the Garda Síochána on a person who is perhaps escorting somebody abroad? The Garda Síochána has the power to issue a summons and in certain circumstances has the power of arrest, the power to stop traffic and the power to discharge a gun. The phrase "all the powers" seems quite sweeping and I wonder if it might be more specific.
