{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The council shall exercise its power to appoint political members of a sub-group so as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the political members of all the sub-groups, taken together, reflect the balance of parties prevailing among the members of the council immediately after the last local general election.\n(2) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as a political member in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(3) A political member shall hold office until the date of the local general election next following his appointment.\n(4) A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the political member in whose place he is appointed.\n(5) A political member shall cease to hold office if—\n(a) he resigns by notice in writing to the council;\n(b) he becomes disqualified for membership of a sub-group; or\n(c) he ceases to be a member of the council.\n(6) A person whose term of office as a political member expires or who has resigned shall be eligible for re-appointment.\n(7) Where a political member ceases to hold office at any time during the transitional period, no appointment shall be made to fill the casual vacancy; and paragraph 2 and sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall have effect subject to this sub-paragraph.",
  "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. 3(7) added 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(3) (with s. 1(3)); S.R. 2007/371, art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 3(3) amendment to earlier affecting provision 2003 c. 6, Sch. 1 para. 13 (N.I.) (4.9.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 27(6), Sch. 9 para. 2(2) (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/3",
    "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."
}