{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For each DPCSP there shall be a policing committee consisting of—\n(a) the political members; and\n(b) the independent members.\n(2) For each policing committee there shall be—\n(a) a chair who shall be the person who is for the time being chair of the DPCSP; and\n(b) a vice-chair elected by the independent members from among such members.\n(3) The election of the vice-chair shall be conducted in accordance with procedures determined by the policing committee under paragraph 13(4).\n(4) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as vice-chair in accordance with such terms as the Policing Board may determine.\n(5) In determining terms under sub-paragraph (4), the Policing Board shall ensure that, so far as practicable, a person holds office as vice-chair for a term of 12 months at a time or, where that period is shorter than 18 months, for a period ending with the reconstitution date next following that person's election to that office.\n(6) A person may at any time resign as vice-chair by notice in writing to the Policing Board.\n(7) If the person holding office as chair or vice-chair ceases to be a member of the policing committee, that person shall also cease to hold that office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 12 in operation at 1.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/142, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.017346+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}