# Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule—
“the council” means the district council for Belfast;
a “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”;
“independent member”, in relation to a sub-group, means a member appointed under paragraph 2(4);
“local general election” has the same meaning as in the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;
“the partnership” means the district policing partnership for Belfast;
“political member”, in relation to a sub-group, means a member appointed under paragraph 2(3);
“sub-group” means a sub-group established under section 21.
(1A) In this Schedule, in relation to a sub-group and the holding of a local general election—
“the transitional period” means the period—
(a)beginning with the election day; and
(b)ending with the day before the reconstitution date;
“reconstitution date” means the date published by notice of the Board under paragraph 4(2A).
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule an independent member of the council shall be treated as a party.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/schedule/3A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-1
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