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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-16",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2993",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part IV",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“the appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a senior officer, the Police Authority;\n(b) in relation to any other member of the police force, the Chief Constable;\n“the Commission” means the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland established by Article 3 of the 1987 Order;\n“complaint” means any complaint about the conduct of a member of the police force which is submitted by, or on behalf of, a member of the public;\n“complainant” means the person by or on behalf of whom a complaint is submitted;\n“disciplinary proceedings” means—\n(a) in relation to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, proceedings identified as such by regulations under section 25 of the principal Act;\n(b) in relation to a reserve constable, proceedings identified as such by regulations under section 26 of the principal Act;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Any word or expression given a meaning for the purposes of the principal Act has the same meaning in this Part as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "prosp. rep. by 1998 c. 32"
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  "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."
}