{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-3A/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Board, or the council with the approval of the Board, may remove a person from office as a political or independent member of a sub-group if satisfied that—\n(a) in the case of an independent member, he failed to make the necessary disclosure in relation to a conviction of his for a criminal offence in Northern Ireland or elsewhere;\n(b) in the case of an independent member, he has acted in breach of the terms of a declaration against terrorism;\n(c) he has been convicted in Northern Ireland or elsewhere after the date of his appointment of a criminal offence (whether committed before or after that date);\n(d) he has become bankrupt or made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;\n(e) he has failed to comply with the terms of his appointment; or\n(f) he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member of the sub-group.\n(2) “The necessary disclosure”, in relation to a conviction of an independent member, means full disclosure of it—\n(a) before his nomination, to the council;\n(b) before his appointment, to the Board.\n(3) Section 6 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 applies to determine whether an independent member has acted in breach of the terms of a declaration against terrorism as it applies to determine whether a person who has made a declaration required for the purpose of section 3, 4 or 5 of that Act has acted in breach of the terms of the declaration.\n(4) As applied by sub-paragraph (3), section 6 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 applies with the following modifications—\n(a) in subsection (1), for the words from “after” to “the Assembly” substitute “ when he is an independent member of a sub-group established under section 21 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 ”;\n(b) omit subsection (4);\n(c) in subsection (5), in the definition of “public meeting” after paragraph (c) insert—\n“(d) any meeting of a sub-group established under section 21 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 or a committee of such a sub-group (whether or not a meeting which the public is permitted to attend), and\n(e) any meeting of a district policing partnership or a committee of a district policing partnership (whether or not a meeting which the public is permitted to attend),”.",
  "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. 7(1)(c) substituted (N.I.) (4.9.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 27(6), Sch. 9 para. 3 (with s. 1(3)); S.R. 2007/371, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/schedule/3A/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}