{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "General duty of Ministers.",
  "text": "(1) A Minister with functions under the Police Acts shall exercise those functions in such manner and to such extent as appears to him to be best calculated to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of—\n(a) the police;\n(b) the police support staff; and\n(c) traffic wardens.\n(2) In carrying out those functions, the Minister shall have regard to the principle that the policing of Northern Ireland is to be conducted in an impartial manner.\n(3) In this section “Minister” means—\n(a) the Secretary of State,\n(b) the Minister of Justice,\n(c) the Department of Justice,\n(d) the First Minister and deputy First Minister, or\n(e) the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 69(1) 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. 78(2) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 69(2) 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. 78(3) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 69(3) inserted (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. 78(4) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 69 heading 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. 78(5) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/section/69",
    "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."
}