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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

S.R. 2022/217 · Made 16 September 2022 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Made 16th September 2022

Coming into operation 17th September 2022

The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 26(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998f1, makes the following Regulations. Those powers are now vested in the Departmentf2.

In accordance with sections 25(8) and 26(6) of that Act the Department has consulted the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Police Association for Northern Ireland before making these Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 32. Relevant amendments are made by section 78(1) and paragraph 23 of Schedule 6 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.

f2

Article 5 of and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order (S.I. 2010/976) transferred the regulation making powers of the Secretary of State to the Department of Justice.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005
  3. 3Amendment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 and shall come into operation on 17th September 2022.

2Amendment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005I1

(1)

The Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In regulation 3(1) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “public holiday”, for 2022 only, after “last Monday in August,” insert “19th September,”.

3Amendment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006I1

(1)

The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In Schedule 1 in the definition of “public holiday”, for 2022 only, after “last Monday in August,” insert “19th September,”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 16th September 2022

L.S.

Naomi Long

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 to allow for the public holiday on 19th September 2022, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral.