# Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“the appropriate authority” means—
(a) in relation to a senior officer, the Police Authority;
(b) in relation to any other member of the police force, the Chief Constable;
“the Commission” means the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland established by Article 3;
“complaint” means any complaint about the conduct of a member of the police force which is submitted by, or on behalf of, a member of the public;
“complainant” means the person by or on behalf of whom a complaint is submitted;
“the principal Act” means the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 c. 9 (N.I.) 1970.
(3) Any word or expression given a meaning for the purposes of the principal Act has the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/938/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-2
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