POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 17 Police Association.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 17

Police Association.

17.(1) There shall be a Police Association for Northern Ireland (in this Act
referred to as the "Police Association") for the purpose of representing
members of the police force in all matters affecting their welfare and
efficiency, other than questions of promotion and discipline affecting
individuals.

(2) The Police Association shall be entirely independent of, and [subject to
subsection (2A)] unassociated with, any body or person outside the police
services of the United Kingdom but may employ persons outside those services
in an administrative or advisory capacity.

[(2A) The Secretary of State may authorise the Police Association or a section
thereof to be associated with a person or a body outside the police services
of the United Kingdom in such cases and manner, and subject to such conditions
and restrictions, as he may specify and may vary or withdraw an authorisation
previously given; and anything for the time being so authorised shall not be
precluded by subsection (2).]

(3) Nothing in section 2 of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919
shall operate to prevent any member of the police force becoming a member of
the Police Association.

(4) The Minister after consultation with the representative bodies established
under section 1 of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919 or, after
the establishment of the Police Association, with the Association, may by
regulations prescribe the constitution and proceedings of the
Police Association and, without prejudice to the generality of that power,
regulations under this subsection may make provision

(a)with respect to the membership of the Police Association;

(b)with respect to the raising of funds by the Police Association by voluntary
subscription and the use and management of funds derived from such
subscriptions;

(c)with respect to the manner in which representations may be made by the
Police Association, or any committee thereof, to the Police Authority, the
Inspector General or the Minister;

(d)for the payment by the Ministry of expenses incurred in connection with the
Police Association; and

(e)for modifying any orders made under section 4 of the
Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919, or regulations made under
section 25 or 26, in relation to any member of the police force who is the
secretary or an officer of the Police Association and for requiring the
Association to make contributions in respect of the pay, pensions or
allowances payable to or in respect of any such person.

(5) Regulations under this section may contain such supplementary and
transitional provisions as the Minister thinks fit, including provisions
adapting references in any enactment to a representative body under section 1
of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919.

(6) This section applies to police cadets as it applies to members of the
police force and references to police services shall be construed accordingly.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 17