# The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001

S.R. 2001/396 · made 29 October 2001

This Commencement Order which is the third to be made under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, brings into operation on 4th November 2001 those provisions of the Act set out in the Schedule to the Order.

Made under: Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Section 79)

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## Introductory text

POLICE
Made 29th October 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 79 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001.

## 2 

The provisions of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into operation on 4th November 2001.

## 3 

Section 57 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 does not require the Board to issue a report relating to a period before section 2 of the Act comes into force.

## Signature

John Reid
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
29th October 2001

## Provisions of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 coming into operation on 4th November 2001

Provision of Act
Subject matter of provision
Part I
Name of the Police in Northern Ireland
Part II, apart from—
(i) so much of section 2 as is already in force, and
(ii) section 3(3)(d)(iii)
The Northern Ireland Policing Board
Part IV
Policing Objectives, Plans and Codes of Practice
Section 32
General functions of the police
Section 33
General functions of Chief Constable
Section 34
Exercise of functions of Chief Constable in cases of absence, incapacity etc.
Section 35
Appointment and removal of senior officers
Section 36
Appointments and promotion of other police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Section 37
Appointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve
Section 38
Attestation of constables
Section 42
Police Cadets
Section 45
Recruitment arrangements: other ranks
Section 48
Action plans
Section 51
Notifiable memberships
Section 52
Code of ethics
Section 53
Guidance as to use of equipment for maintaining or restoring public order
Section 54
Regulations as to emblems and flags
Section 55
Identification of police officers
Section 56
Co-operation with Garda Siochana
Part VII, apart from section 57(2)(i) and (j)
Reports and Inquiries
Section 63
Reports by Ombudsman to Chief Constable and Board
Section 64
Supply of information by Ombudsman to Board
Section 66
Access by Ombudsman to information and documents
Section 69
General duty of Secretary of State
Section 71
Traffic Wardens
Section 73
Places of detention: lay visitors
Section 74
Application to police of anti-discrimination legislation
Section 78, to the extent that it is not already in force, but not for the purposes of paragraph 14 of Schedule 6 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7
Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions and repeals
Schedule 1, to the extent that it is not already in force
The Northern Ireland Policing Board
Schedule 2
Transfer of functions, assets, liabilities and staff of Police Authority of Northern Ireland
Schedule 5
Application of anti-discrimination legislation to the police
Schedule 6, apart from
(i) the provisions which are already in force, and
(ii) paragraph 14
Amendments
Schedule 8
Repeals

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Commencement Order which is the third to be made under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, brings into operation on 4th November 2001 those provisions of the Act set out in the Schedule to the Order.

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