POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 7 Appointment and removal of senior officers of the RUC.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 7

Appointment and removal of senior officers of the RUC.

7.(1) As from the appointed day the Police Authority shall, subject to the
approval of the Minister and, in the case of senior officers other than the
Inspector General, after consultation with the Inspector General, appoint each
senior officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and every senior officer
holding office immediately before that day shall be deemed to have been so
appointed by the Police Authority.

(2) The Police Authority with the approval of the Minister may call upon any
senior officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to retire in the interests of
efficiency and (without prejudice to the foregoing) shall, if required by the
Minister, call upon the Inspector General so to retire.

(3) Before approving the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (2) on
the Police Authority or requiring the exercise of that power, the Minister

(a)shall give the officer an opportunity to make, either personally or
otherwise, representations to him; and

(b)where any such representations are made, shall appoint a person or persons
to hold an inquiry and to report to him and shall consider any report so made;

(4) Where one person only is appointed under subsection (3) he shall, and
where two or more persons are so appointed one at least shall be a person who
is not a member of the police force or an officer of a Government department.

(5) The costs incurred in respect of an inquiry under this section shall be
defrayed by the Ministry.

(6) A senior officer who is called upon to retire under this section shall
retire, in the case of the Inspector General, on such date as the Minister may
specify and, in the case of any other senior officer, on such date as the
Police Authority may specify or, in either case, on such earlier date as may
be agreed upon between the officer and the Authority.

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POLICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 7