{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“the council” means the district council for Belfast;\na “declaration against terrorism” means a declaration in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, with the substitution of the words “if appointed” for the words “if elected”;\n“independent member”, in relation to a sub-group, means a member appointed under paragraph 2(4);\n“local general election” has the same meaning as in the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;\n“the partnership” means the district policing partnership for Belfast;\n“political member”, in relation to a sub-group, means a member appointed under paragraph 2(3);\n“sub-group” means a sub-group established under section 21.\n(1A) In this Schedule, in relation to a sub-group and the holding of a local general election—\n“the transitional period” means the period—\n(a)beginning with the election day; and\n(b)ending with the day before the reconstitution date;\n“reconstitution date” means the date published by notice of the Board under paragraph 4(2A).\n(2) For the purposes of this Schedule an independent member of the council shall be treated as a party.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (4.9.2007) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 19, Sch. 1 para. 13; S.R. 2007/371, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 1(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 6, Sch. 1 para. 13 (as amended (N.I.) (4.9.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 27(6), Sch. 9 para. 2(1) (with s. 1(3)); S.R. 2007/371, art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/schedule/3A/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:39.477204+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."
}