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S.I. No. 28/1954 - Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1954.

S.I. No. 28 of 1954.

GARDA SIOCHANA (APPOINTMENTS) REGULATIONS, 1945 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1954.

I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, with the approval of the Government and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 14 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1954.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Gárda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 ( S. R. & O. No. 173 of 1945 ), as amended.

4. These Regulations shall not apply in respect of any person who passed a qualifying educational examination (referred to in Article 4 of the Principal Regulations) which was held before the 1st day of January, 1954, and the regulations relating to the appointment of members of the Garda Síochána in force at the time that such person sat for such examination shall continue in force in respect of such person.

5. The following subparagraph is hereby substituted for subparagraph (d) of paragraph (1) of Article 4 of the Principal Regulations :

" (d) the Commissioner is satisfied that such person has or will have, on the 1st day of January in the year in which the qualifying educational examination is held, attained the age of 19 years but not attained the age of 25 years."

6. The following Article is hereby substituted for Article 8 of the Principal Regulations :

" 8. On first appointment by the Commissioner as a member of the Force, such member shall be appointed to the rank of guard and shall be on probation for a period of two years."

7. The deduction from his actual age to which a person may be entitled under Article 4 of the Garda Síochána (Appointments), Regulations 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 334 of 1951 ), shall not be allowed unless—

(a) in the case of a person claiming such deduction in respect of service in the Forces, such person is discharged from the Forces or is on pre-discharge leave,

(b) in the case of a person claiming such deduction in respect of service in An Forsa Cosanta Aitiúil, such person has completed two years effective service and is certified by the local Area Officer (in lieu of being certified by the Adjutant-General) to have served satisfactorily,

(c) in the case of a person claiming such deduction in respect of service in An Slua Muirí, such person has completed two years effective service.

8. For the purposes of Article 4 of the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1951, and of Article 7 of these Regulations, credit for service in any branch of the Defence Forces shall be allowed only in respect of service completed before the 1st day of January immediately preceding the date of the qualifying educational examination referred to in Article 4 of the Principal Regulations.

9. The Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 291 of 1953 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of February, 1954.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.