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CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922

CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for the establishment, management and control of
the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and to amend the law with respect to
the appointment of Resident Magistrates and Special Constables in
Northern Ireland, and for purposes connected herewith.
[31st May 1922]
Establishment of Royal Ulster Constabulary.

CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - SECT 1

1.(1) There shall be established in Northern Ireland, on and after
the appointed day, a police force to be called, with the consent
of His Majesty, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1963 c.6 (NI) s.4 sch.; 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33(2)
sch.4; SRO (NI) 1970/111

(3) The enactments relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary, and the
management and control of that force, shall, subject as in this Act
provided, apply to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the management
and control thereof, as if enacted in this Act.

(4) Where any enactment or other provision of law provides for the
exercise of any power by, or imposes any duty on, any officer or
constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary, that enactment or
provision shall, subject as in this Act provided, have effect in
Northern Ireland as if the said power were exercisable by, or the
said duty were imposed on, the officer or constable, by whatever
title designated, of the Royal Ulster Constabulary having
corresponding rank and functions, and references in any such
enactment or provision to any officer or constable of the Royal
Irish Constabulary shall be construed accordingly.

Ss.23 rep. by 1928 c.4 (NI) s.8 sch.2; SLR (NI) 1952; 1963 c.6
(NI) s.4 sch.; 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33(2) sch.4. S.4(1) rep. by 1928
c.4 (NI) s.8 sch.2; 1970 c.9 (NI) s.33(2) sch.4; subs.(2) rep. by
1963 c.6 (NI) s.4 sch.; subs.(3)(4) rep. by 1928 c.4 (NI) s.4
sch.; subs.(5) rep. in pt. by 1928 c.4 (NI) s.8 sch.2; 1930 c.18
(NI) s.1(1), residue spent; subs.(6) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952. Ss.56
rep. by SLR (NI) 1952; 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

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

CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - SECT 9
Definitions.

9. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

The expression "the Minister" means the Minister of Home Affairs for
Northern Ireland:

[The expression "officer" means a member of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary holding a rank of or higher than Inspector:]

The expression "constable," whether used in relation to the Royal
Irish Constabulary or in relation to the Royal Ulster Constabulary,
includes a ... sergeant, and constable:

The expression "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the
Minister, and applying either generally or to any particular case
specified therein:

Definition rep. by 1928 c.4 (NI) s.8 sch.2

CONSTABULARY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1922 - SECT 10
Short title.

10.Subs.(1) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952

(2) This Act may be cited as the Constabulary Act (Northern
Ireland), 1922.

First Schedule rep. by 1963 c.6 (NI) s.4 sch.; SRO 1970/111; 1970
c.9 (NI) s.33(2) sch.4. Second Schedule substitutes Form of Oath
contained in s.17 of 1836 c.13