{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-36A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-36A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/36A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36A",
  "heading": "Fixed-term appointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Constable may appoint a person to the Police Service of Northern Ireland for a fixed term not exceeding three years.\n(2) Appointments under subsection (1) shall be in accordance with regulations under section 25 of the 1998 Act.\n(3) A person shall not be appointed under subsection (1) to the rank of constable or the rank of a senior officer.\n(4) The Department of Justice may by order make such modifications as it considers necessary or expedient to any provision of the 1998 Act or this Act in its application to persons appointed under subsection (1).\n(5) The Department of Justice shall consult the Board and the Police Association before making an order under subsection (4).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 36A inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 24(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 36A(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 62(a)(i) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 36A(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 62(a)(ii) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 36A(5) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 62(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/section/36A",
    "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."
}