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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001",
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  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Provisions of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 coming into operation on 4th November 2001",
  "text": "Provision of Act\nSubject matter of provision\nPart I\nName of the Police in Northern Ireland\nPart II, apart from—\n(i) so much of section 2 as is already in force, and\n(ii) section 3(3)(d)(iii)\nThe Northern Ireland Policing Board\nPart IV\nPolicing Objectives, Plans and Codes of Practice\nSection 32\nGeneral functions of the police\nSection 33\nGeneral functions of Chief Constable\nSection 34\nExercise of functions of Chief Constable in cases of absence, incapacity etc.\nSection 35\nAppointment and removal of senior officers\nSection 36\nAppointments and promotion of other police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland\nSection 37\nAppointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve\nSection 38\nAttestation of constables\nSection 42\nPolice Cadets\nSection 45\nRecruitment arrangements: other ranks\nSection 48\nAction plans\nSection 51\nNotifiable memberships\nSection 52\nCode of ethics\nSection 53\nGuidance as to use of equipment for maintaining or restoring public order\nSection 54\nRegulations as to emblems and flags\nSection 55\nIdentification of police officers\nSection 56\nCo-operation with Garda Siochana\nPart VII, apart from section 57(2)(i) and (j)\nReports and Inquiries\nSection 63\nReports by Ombudsman to Chief Constable and Board\nSection 64\nSupply of information by Ombudsman to Board\nSection 66\nAccess by Ombudsman to information and documents\nSection 69\nGeneral duty of Secretary of State\nSection 71\nTraffic Wardens\nSection 73\nPlaces of detention: lay visitors\nSection 74\nApplication to police of anti-discrimination legislation\nSection 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\nAmendments, transitional and transitory provisions and repeals\nSchedule 1, to the extent that it is not already in force\nThe Northern Ireland Policing Board\nSchedule 2\nTransfer of functions, assets, liabilities and staff of Police Authority of Northern Ireland\nSchedule 5\nApplication of anti-discrimination legislation to the police\nSchedule 6, apart from\n(i) the provisions which are already in force, and\n(ii) paragraph 14\nAmendments\nSchedule 8\nRepeals",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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