CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - SECT 7 Application of enactments relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary and power to make rules.

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CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - SECT 7

Application of enactments relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary and power to make rules.

7.(1) In the enactments relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary, and the
management and control thereof, to the extent to which they are applied by
this Act to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the following modifications shall
have effect, that is to say:

(a)Subject to the provisions of this Act, and so far as is consistent with the
purposes thereof, the provisions of the General Adaptation of Enactments
(Northern Ireland) Order, 1921, and of any other Order in Council made under
the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and effecting adaptations of general
application in relation to Northern Ireland shall apply to the said
enactments.

(b)The provisions of this Act shall apply to any order, scheme, rule,
regulation or instrument made or issued under any of d enactments in like
manner as they apply to the enactment under which it was made or issued, and
any such order, scheme, rule, regulation or instrument shall continue in force
in like manner and subject to the like powers of revocation and alteration as
if it had been made or issued under this Act.

(c)The form of oath contained in the Second Schedule to this Act shall be
substituted for the form of oath contained in section seventeen of the
Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1836.

Para.(d) rep. by 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33 (2) sch.4

(e)References in the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1919, to the chief
officer shall be construed as references to the Inspector-General of the Royal
Ulster Constabulary; the reference in the said Act to the rank of Assistant
Inspector-General shall be construed as a reference to the rank of Deputy
Inspector-General; and other references in any of the said enactments to an
Assistant Inspector-General shall not apply.

(f)The provisions of Article 4(3) of the Government of Ireland (Adaptation of
Enactments) (No. 1) Order, 1922, with respect to the powers and duties of the
Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary in relation to the backing
of warrants, shall not apply, but those powers and duties may be exercised and
performed by any of the following officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary,
namely, the Inspector-General, the Deputy Inspector-General, a county
inspector or a commissioner, and a warrant requiring to be backed for
execution may be certified and transmitted to any of those officers.

Para.(g) rep. by 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33(2) sch.4

(h)... any fit person, being a duly qualified medical practitioner of seven
years' standing, may be appointed as surgeon or medical officer at the depot
of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

(i)References to Dublin in section five of the
Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1836, and in the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1839,
shall not apply.

Para.(j) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952

(2) The Minister may make all such rules as may appear to him necessary or
proper for bringing this Act into full operation, or for adapting any of the
provisions of the said enactments in such manner as to bring them into
conformity with the provisions of this Act.

S.8 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33(2) sch.4

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